Suum cuique

Plato, in Republic, offers the provisional definition that "justice is when everyone minds his own business, and refrains from meddling in others' affairs" (Greek: "...τὸ τὰ αὑτοῦ πράττειν καὶ μὴ πολυπραγμονεῖν δικαιοσύνη ἐστί...", 4.433a).

The Roman author, orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC) popularised the Latin phrase: The phrase appears near the beginning of Justinian's Institutiones: iuris praecepta sunt haec: honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere.

Valentin Pikul's 1985 novel on the career of the French General Jean Victor Moreau (1763–1813), Kazhdomu svoyo, uses as its title a Russian translation of "suum cuique."

"Suum Cuique" is the final song on the 2013 album Abandon All Life by the powerviolence band Nails.

On the TNT drama Animal Kingdom, the character Deran Cody has "Suum Cuique" tattooed on his left shoulder.

Medal of the Order of the Black Eagle , with the motto " SUUM CUIQUE " in the center.