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In Contrahenda Venditione

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

AMbiguum pactum contra vendltorem Interpretandum est. In negotiating a sale, an ambiguous agreement is to be interpreted against the seller. Dig. 50. 17. 172; Id. 18, 1, 21. IN CONVENTIONIBUS CONTRAHENTIum voluntatem potius quam verba spectari placuit. In agreements, the rule is to regard the intention of the contracting parties, rather than their words. Dig. 50. 16. 219; 2 Kent, Comm. 555; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 491; 17 Johns. (N. Y.) 150. IN CORPORE (Lat.) In body or substance; in a material thing or object. Sive consistant in corpore, sive in jure, whether they consist in or belong to a material object, or a mere right. Bracton, fol. 37b. IN CRASTINO (Law Lat.) On the morrow. In crastino Animarwm, on the morrow of All Souls. 1 Bl. Comm. 342.