Mitior Sensus

See "In Mltlorl Sensu." MITIUS IMPERANTI MELIUS PAREtur. The more mildly one commands, the better is he obeyed. 3 Inst. 24. MITTENDO MANUSCRIPTUM PEDIS finis. An abolished judicial writ addressed to the treasurer and chamberlain of the exchequer to search for and transmit the foot of a fine aclcnowledged before justices in eyre into the common pleas. Reg. Orig. 14. MITTER (Law Fr.) To put, to send, or to pass; as, mitter V estate, to pass the estate; mitter le droit, to pass a right. 2 Bl. Comm. 324; Bac. Abr. "Release" (C); Co. Litt. 193, 278b. Mitter a large, to put or set at large. MITTER AVANT (Law Fr.)

In old practice. To put before; to present before a court; to produce in court. Mist avant un fait, produced a deed. Y. B. M. 5 Edw. III. 119.

See In Mi Tio Bi Sensu. MITTENDO MANUSCRIPTUM PEDIS FI-

I. I. The milder or more favorable sense. Mitiori sensu: in the milder or more favorable sense. It was the old rule to construe slanderous words in the mildest sense; but now otherwise, the rule being to give the words their ordinary meaning.

Lat. The more favorable acceptation. Mitius imperanti melius paretur. The more mildly one conimands, the better is he obeyed. 3 Inst. 24.

In the m Uder sense. Accoi'ding to the former law governing actions for slander, the words complained of must always be construed in mitiori sensu, in the least injurious meaning admissible. Unless they were actionable, taken in the mildest sense, the action failed; or, if a verdict was recovered, the court would arrest judgment, if it appeared, on a motion for slanderous. This doctrine is now abandoned. The modern rule is that the words must be taken in their reasonable meaning, or in the sense in which they are shown to have been spoken and understood; and, after verdict, that sense which will support the verdict is favored. MITTEB LE DROIT; MITTER