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Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione suppletur, nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur

Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione suppletur, nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur [Lat.], Latent ambiguity of words may be explained by evidence: for ambiguity arising upon proof of extraneous fact is removed in

Possession

possessed, Bank View Mill Ltd. v. Nelson Corp. etc. Ltd., (1942) 2 All ER 477. Possession, is an ambiguous term. The law books divide its concept into two broad categories (i) physical possession or possession in fact;

Quoties in verbis nulla est ambiguitas ibi nulla expositio contra verba expressa fienda est

ibi nulla expositio contra verba expressa fienda est (Co. Litt. 147a), when in the words there is no ambiguity, then no exposition contrary to the expressed words is to be made.

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Status quo as in the High Court

Status quo as in the High Court, the expression 'status quo' is undoubtedly a term of ambiguity and at times gives rise to doubt and difficulty. According to the ordinary legal connotation, the term 'status

So long as that tax continues to be levied in that State

State in which it was before the advent of the Constitution. There does not seem to be any ambiguity in this matter and there is, therefore, no escape from the position that Bellary Municipal Council in the

Rule of lenity

a court, in construing an ambiguous criminal statute that set out multiple or inconsistent punishments, should resolve the ambiguity in favour of the more lenient punishment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1332.

Vagueness

SCC 370: (1980) 1 SCR 258. [Constitution of India, Art. 22(5)] 1. Uncertain breadth of meaning 2. Loosely, ambiguity, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1548.

Preamble

cases being that as a general rule the preamble is to be resorted to only in case of ambiguity in the statute itself. Preamble, which in early (English) Acts (see, e.g., 4 & 5 W. & M.

Bail

but the proviso makes a contradistinction between 'bail' and 'own bond without sureties'. Even here there is an ambiguity, because even the proviso comes in only if, as indicated in the substantive part, the accused in a

Parol evidence

Henderson v. Arthur, (1907) 1 KB 10, except: (1) where, although the deed is clearly enough expressed, some ambiguity arises from extrinsic circumstances; (2) where the language of a charter or deed has become obscure from antiquity;

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