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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

Letter; written character.

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Letters, writings, documents. Qui hseret in litera, hseret in cortiee. He who clings to the letter, sticks in the bark. He who regards the mere words of ■ Murray v. Ballou, 1 Johns. Ch. 676-80 (1815), cases, Kent, Ch. See generally i Cent. Law J. 27-29 (1877), cases; 26 id.

411-17 (18S8), cases; 14 Am. Deo. 774; 1 Story, Eq. §§ 405-7; 3 Pars. Contr. 282. ' See 3 Bl. Com. 298; Story, Eq. PI. § 877. s 37 N. J. E. 397. 4 See Homer v. Cilley, 14 N. H. 100 (1843); WUliamsti.

Hempstead County, 39 Ark. 179 (1883). an instrument cannot arrive at its meani Btg.l

See CONSTEUCTION.