Sensus

Lat Sense, meaning, signification. Malo sensu, in an evll or derogatory sense. Mitiori sensu, in a milder, less severe or less stringent sense. Sensu honesto, in an honest sense; to interpret words sensu honesto is to take them so as not to impute impropriety to the persens concerned.

Sense; signification. Mains sensus. The bad sense. In malo sensu, or malo sensu.

In the less favorable acceptation. Mitior sensus. The milder meaning. In mitiori sensu.

In the more favorable acceptation. The old rule was that language alleged to be defamatoiy was to be interpreted in the sense most favorable to the defendant. In modern practice, that meaning is attributed which the words ordinarily bear under the circumstances in which they were used.* See Libel, 5; Slander.