Optimus Interpres Rerum Usus
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Usage is the best interpreter of things. 2 Inst. 282. OPTIMUS INTERPRETANDI MODUS est sic iegis interpretare ut leges leglbus accordant The best mode of interpreting laws is to make them accord. 8 Coke, 169.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Usage is the best interpreter of things.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Use or usage is the best interpreter of things. 2 Inst. 282 ; Broom, Max. 917, 930, 931.