[Encyclios]

Reason made: an expression equivalent to: doing justice to oneself, without the necessary recourse to the competent authority. It is, of course, contrary to the law, because the opposing party has no way of making his reasons heard before a neutral judge and because it is opposed to the very concept of justice, which resides as a right in the people, who delegate the exercise of it to their legitimate representatives; consequently, only the judges are the sole depositaries of the right authorized to exercise it.