Qaorain
Defined in 1 dictionary — Kinney (1893)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. Of whom; whereof. The word has In modern law become a substantive, used in the titles of justices of the peace, and thence as an ordinary word, to denote a certain number of persons whose presence is requisite at meetings of public or private bodies, for the transaction of business. (Jnotles, I Whenever; as often as; as long as. Quoties dubia interpretatlo libertatis est, secundum libertatein respondendum erit: as often as [whenever] the interpretation of liberty is doubtful, the answer should be on the side of liberty. Quoties idem sermo duas sententias exprimit, ea potissimum exclplatur, qu% rei ^erendo; aptier est: whenever the same language expresses two meanings, that should be adopted which is the better fitted for carrying out the subject-matter. Quoties in stipnlationibus ambigua oratio est, commodissimum est id accipi quo res de qua agitur in tuto sit: whenever the language of stipulations is ambiguous, it is most fitting that that [sense] should be taken by which the subject-matter may be protected. Quoties in verbis nulla est ambiguitas, ibi nulla expositio contra verba [expressa] tienda est: as long as there is no ambiguity in the words [of an instrument], there should be no interpretation made against the [express] words.