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Graciously

In a gracious manner courteously benignantly

Grandfatherly

Like a grandfather in age or manner kind benignant indulgent

malign

Having an evil disposition toward others harboring violent enmity malevolent malicious spiteful opposed to benign

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Equity

Equity [fr. 'quitas, Lat.] There is some confusion as to the meaning of Equity; as a scheme of jurispru-dence distinct from Law 'Equity' is an equivocal term; the difficulty lies in drawing the dividing lines between...

Magna Carta

Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents...

Voluntas testatoris habet interpretationem latam et benignam

Voluntas testatoris habet interpretationem latam et benignam (Jenk. Cent. 260), the intention of a testator has a broad and benignant interpretation.

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