Additio

l. Addition. Words added of title or description for greater probat minoritatem: an addition feriority.

Lat. An addition, (q. v.) Additio probat minoritatem. An addition, [to a name] proves, or shows minority. 4 Inst. 80. Wingate's Max. 211, max. 60. This maxim is applied by Lord Coke to courts, and terms of law; minoritas being understood in the sense of difference, inferiority, or qualification. Thus, the style of the king's bench is coram rege, and the style of the court of chancery is coram domino rege in cancellaria; the addition showing the difference. 4 Inst. 80. So by the word fee, without more saying, is always intended fee simple, fee tail not being intended by it, unless there be added to it the addition of the word tail. See Litt. sect. 293. Co. Litt. 180 a. Wingate's Max., ubi sup.