Optimacy

Nebility; men of the highest rank, Optimam esse legem, que minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis; id quod certitudo ejus preestat. That law is the best which leaves Lhe least discretion to the judge; and this is an advantage which results from its certainty. Bae. Aphorisms, 8. Optimus interpres rerum usus. Use or usage is the best interpreter of things. 2 Inst. 282; Broom, Max. 917, 930, 931. Optimus interpretandi modus est sic leges interpretari ut leges legibus concordant. 8 Coke, 169. Ths best mode of interpretation is so to interpret laws that they may accord with each other. Optimus legum interpres consuetudo. 4 Inst. 75. Custom is the best interpreter of the laws.