Benignior Sententia
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
IN VERBiS general Ibus seu dubiis, est preferanda. The more favorable construction is to be placed on general or doubtful expressions. 4 Coke, 15; Dig. 50. 17. 192. 1; 2 Kent, Comm. 557. BENiGNIUS LEGES INTERPRETANdae Bunt quo voluntas earum conservetur. Laws are to be more favorably interpreted, that their intent may be preserved. Dig. 1. 3. 16.