Verba Cancellariae
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Words of the chancery. The technical style of writs framed in the of Bce of chancery. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 10, § 8. VERBA CHARTARUM FORTIUS ACCIPIuntur contra proferentem. The words of deeds are to be taken most strongly against the person offering them. Co. Litt. 36a; Bac. Max. reg. 3; Noy, Max. (9th Ed.) p. 48; 3 Bos. & P. 399, 403; 1 Cromp. & M. 657; 8 Term R. 605; 15 East, 546; 1 Ball & B. 335; 2 Pars. Cont. 22; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 72, note, 529. VERBA CUM EFFECTU ACCIPIENDA sunt. Words are to be interpreted so as to give them effect. Bac. Max. reg. 3.