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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
pretationes propter simpiicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valtae quam pereat; et verba intentione, non e contra, debent inservire. Cdnstructions should be liberal, on account of the ignorance of the laity, or nonprofessional persons, so that the subject-matter may avail rather than perish; and words must be subject to the intention, not the intention to the words. Co. Litt. 36a; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 481, 504; 11 Q. B. 852, 856, 868, 870; 4 H. L. Cas. 556; 1 Bulst. 175; Hob. 304.