Definition of Clausula Vel Dispositio Inutilis Per Presumptionem Remotam Vel Causam Ex Post Facto Non Fnlcitur

A useless clause or disposition [one which expresses no more than the law by intendment would have supplied] is not supported by a remote presumption, [or foreign intendment of some purpose, in regard whereof it might be material,] or by a cause arising afterwards, [which may induce an operation of those idle words.] Bac. Max. 82, regula 21.