Statutory release
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
A conveyance superseding the old Lease and release, created by 4 & 5 Vict. c.
21.
Statutum generaliter est intelligendum quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis, I. A statute is to be generally interpreted, although the words be special, if the purpose be general.