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General words ought to be understood generally.

3 Inst. 76. General words are to be generally understood. — Verba generalia restringuntur ad habilitatem rei vel aptitudinem personae.General words must be narrowed either to the n

General words should be confined to the character of the thing or the aptitude of the person.

General words should be confined to the character of the thing or the person.

Words referred to are to be considered as if incorporated. Broom, Max. 074, 677; 11 Mees. & W. 183. — Verba in differenti materia per prius, non per posterius, intelligenda snnt. W

Words referred to are deemed included.

Words concerning a different matter are to be understood by the matter preceding, not by that following.

ET NON E CONtra, debent Inservire. Words ought to wait

Words ought to serve intention. See 66 N. H. 434, 28 L. R. A. 328, 31 Atl. 900.

Words ought to serve intention and not the contrary. See 6 Allen (Mass.), 324.

Words are to be understood as reterring to a possible case.

UT res magis valeat quam pereat. Words are to be so understood that the subject matter may be preserved rather than destroyed. Bac. Max. reg. 3; Plowd. 156; 2 Bl. Comm. 380; 2 Kent

Words should be so understood that thing should have effect rather than be null. See 2 Bl. Comm. 380.

Parol; by word of mouth; as, verbal agreement; verbal evidence. Sometimes incorrectly used for "oral."

Wherever the bodily or mental feelings of an individual are material to be proved, the usual expressions of such feelings are original and competent evidence. Such declarations are

In the civil law. Contracts in which a solemn form of words was required to perfect the obligation. Mainly of two kinds, — stipulation and Jidejussion.

lu diplomatic language, a memorandum or note not signed, sent when an affair has continued a long time without any reply, in order to avoid the appearance of an urgency which perha

The term “verbal order” means an oral directive that is given through any method of communication including by radio or telephone, directly to an emergency medical services profess

In Louisiana. A written account of any proceeding or operation required by law, signed by the person commissioned to perform the duty, and attested by the signature of witnesses. S

SI PER communem usum loquendi In Intellectu certo sumuntur, talis intellectus praeferendus est. When words are merely equivocal, if by common usage of speech they acquire a certain

The words being merely equivocal, if by common usage of speech they take a certain meaning, such meaning is to be preferred.

It is better that words have no effect than to have an absurd one.

QUAM causa et natura rei, ut mens contrahentium ex els potlus quam ex verbis appareat. Words are not to be looked at so much as the cause and nature of the thing, since the intenti

Words are not to be regarded as much as the cause and nature of the thing, because the intent of the contracting parties may appear from these rather than from the words.

IMO AB eisi recedere licet, ut verba ad sanum intellectum reducantur. You may disagree with words, nay, you may recede from them, in order that they may be reduced to a sensible me

Words can be stricken out, nay, rather it is proper to depart from them, so that they may be reduced to a sensible meaning.

When the words ofe an ordinance can be verified in their true signification, they ought not to be twisted into a foreign meaning.

Subsequent words added for the sake of certainty ought to be referred to prior ones lacking in‘ certainty.

Precatory words, which see.

Words ought to be taken favorably to the thing and the subject matter.

Words which can have any effect ought not to be regarded as superfluous.

AD aptitudinem restringuntur, etiamsl nullam e.i to harmonize with the subject matter), though they would bear no other restriction. Spiegelius. VERBA RELATA HOC MAXIME OPERantur p

Words, however general, are confined to fitness, although they disclose no other restriction.

Words incorporated by reference have as great effect through reference, as they axe deemed to be included in them.

Words incorporated by reference are deemed included. See 11 Cush. (Mass.) 137.

Words are confined according to the character of the thing or the person.

There is no one who does not know that words are to be understood according to their subject matter.

Words are always to be taken in the milder sense. 4 Coke, 13a. — Verba strictae significationis ad latam extendi possnnt, si snbsit ratio. Words of a strict or narrow signification

Words should always be taken in their milder sense.

Words are the indices or indicators of the mind or thought. Latch, 106.

Words of strict significance can be extended to a.broad meaning, if reason requires.

Words are indications of the intention. Latch, 106.

(Lat.) In old English law. Blows; beatings. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 53, § 1. VERBIS STANDUM UBI NULLA AMBIguitas.^ One must abide by the words where there is no ambiguity. Tray. Lat. Max

I In the civil law. To beat, so as to cause pain.

When there is no ambiguity the words are to be adhered to.

I. A word; an expression; a clause.

I. The order of words; the orderly arrangement of words.

A verb in the imperfect tense signifies an uncompleted matter.

What is spoken; a word. Verba. Words, language, discourse. Ex visceribus verborum. From the bowels of the words: from the vital part of the language. 5 In hsec verba, and in Mis ve

An officer of the king's forest, who is sworn to maintain and keep the assizes of the forest, and to view, receive, and enroll the attachments and presentments of all manner of tre

A verdict embodies in a single finding the conclusions by the jury upon all the questions submitted to it.

The plaintiff is entitled to recover only according to his title; and that if he shows a title to part only, he is entitled to have a verdict and judgment for that part, and no mor

A verdict returned by the jury, the entry of judgment upon which is subject to the determination of points of law reserved by the court upon the trial.

vereduist, I. fr., Teredictum, I. I. In old English law. Verdict; a declaration by a jury of the truth of a matter in issua

Sax. In old records. A packet-boat or transport vessel. Cowell.

Notwithstanding the verdict.

QUASI DICTUM VERItatis; ut Judicium, quasi Juris dictum. A verdict is, as it were, the saying of the truth, in the same manner that a judgment is the saying of the law. Co. Litt. 2

A verdict is, as it were, the expression of the truth, as a judgment is, as it were, the expression of the law.

Co.. Litt. 226. The verdict is, os it were, the dictum of truth; as the judgment Is the dictum of law.

"At common law, the coroner of the county had no jurisdiction within the compass of the king's court, which bounds the jurisdiction of the lord high steward of the household, and c

In Saxon law. A mulct or fine for a crime. See "Wergild." VERGENS AD INOPIAM (Law Lat.) In Scotch law. Verging towards poverty; in declining circumstances. 2 Karnes, Eq. 8.

Declining toward poverty.

Same as Verge.

In English law. The compass of the royal court, which baunds the jurisdiction of the lord steward of the household; it seems to have been twelve miles about. Britt. 68. A quantity

In English law. Officers who carry white wands before the justices of either bench. Cowell. Mentioned in Fleta as officers of the king's court, who oppressed VERIFICATION (Lat. ver

Words are to be understood in [of] a possible case. A maxim of the civll law. Calvin.

8 Coke, 94. Words ought to be made subservient to the intent, not the intent to the words. — Verba ita snnt intelligenda, nt res magis valeat quam pereat. The words [of an instrume

The term “verifiable parental consent” means any reasonable effort (taking into consideration available technology), including a request for authorization for future collection, us

The term “verification” or “verify” means determining whether the product identifier affixed to, or imprinted upon, a package or homogeneous case corresponds to the standardized nu

The term “verified technology” means a pollution control technology, including a retrofit technology or auxiliary power unit, that has been verified by— (A) the Administrator; or (

The term "verify" means to confirm information provided to an online marketplace pursuant to this section, which may include the use of one or more methods that enable th

A QUOCUNQUE DICITUR, A Deo est. Truth, by whomsoever pronounced, is from God. 4 Inst. 153. VERITAS DEMONSTRATIONIS TOLLIT errorem nominis. The truth of the description removes the

QUAE MINIME DEFENSAtur opprimitur; et qui non improbat, approbat. Truth which is not sufi Bciently defended is overpowered; and he who does not disapprove, approves. 3 Inst. 27. VE

4 Inst. 153. Truth, by whomsoever pronounced, is from God.

Truth in description cures error of name.

Truth is the desideratum in a juror; justice and judgment in a judge. Bract, fol. 185b.

Truth should be possessed by a juror, justice and judgment by a judge.

Truth fears nothing except concealment.

Truth is lost by too much altercation.

Truth of name cures error in description. See 2 Jones Eq. (N. C.) 72.

3 Inst. 27. Truth which is not sufficiently defended is overpowered; and he who does not disapprove, approves.

He who does not express the truth freely is a traitor to the truth.

4 Inst. Epil. He who does not freely speak the truth is a betrayer of truth.

The quality of being very true or real. Webster. Complete and absolute truth. The record of a court of record is said to import verity. VERS (Law Fr.; from Law Lat. versus, q. V.)

I In old pleading, to make out or prove to be true; to verify.

One of the United States. At the outbreak of the Revolution the people of Vermont joined their brethren in the contest, though independent of the federal government. In 1777 they d

for any taxable year and for any corporate taxpayer, the taxable income of the taxpayer for that taxable year under the laws of the United States, excluding income which under the

Lat. In the civil law. A slaYe born in his master's house,

Against.

To be vested in; to be employed.

The Sheriffs Court is held by the undersheriff with a jury of twelve. A Coroner's Court is held in every county, every county borough and in borough having a court of quarter sessi

Against.

Everything bearing green leaves in a forest. Bac. Abr. "Courts of the Forest;" Manw. For. Law, 146.

limits [on] the way a seller's own product can be distributed.

True.

courts of a different, though paramount, sovereignty, interpose in the same manner and for the same reasons.

The term “very high frequency” means, with respect to a television channel, that the channel is located in the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies from

The term “very large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment” means commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment that is rated— (i) at or above 240,0

An immediate lord and tenant. Blount.

The term “very low-income” means— (i) in the case of owner-occupied units, families having incomes not greater than 50 percent of the area median income; and (ii) in the case of re