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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

&killful with both hands; one who plays on both sides. Applied anciently to an attorney who took pay from both sides, and subsequently toa juror guilty of the same offense.

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Ambigua responsio contra proferentem est accipie da. An ambiguous answer is to be taken against (is not to be construed in favor of} him who offers it. 10 Coke, 59. Ambiguis casibus semper presumitur pro rege. In doubtful cases, the presumption always is in behalf of thecrown. Lofft, Append. 248.