Sensus Verborum Est Duplex
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Mills et asper, et verba semper accipienda sunt In mitiore sensu. The meaning of words is twofold, mild and harsh; and words are to be received in their milder sense.
4 Coke, 13.
SENSUS VERBORUM EX CAUSA Dlcendi acciplendus est, et sermones semper acclplendl sunt secundum subjectam materlam. The sense of words is to be taken from the occasion of speaking them, and discourses are always to be interpreted according to the subject matter.
4 Coke, 14.