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Re form

To give a new form to to form anew to take form again or to take a new form as to re form the line after a charge...

Cuicunque aliquis quid concedit concedere videtur et id sine quo res ipsa esse non potuit

Cuicunque aliquis quid concedit concedere videtur et id sine quo res ipsa esse non potuit [Lat.], The granter of anything to another grants that also without which the thing granted would be useless...

Ceria debet esse intentio, et narratio, et certum fundamentum, et certa res qua deducitur in judicium

Ceria debet esse intentio, et narratio, et certum fundamentum, et certa res qua deducitur in judicium [Lat.], The intention, the count, and the foundation, ought to be certain, and so ought the things to be which is brought for judgment....

Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire

Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire. Co. Litt. 36.-(Constructions are to be made liberally, on account of the simplicity of the laity, that the thing may rather avail than perish; and words ought to serve the intention, not contrariwise.) These maxims relate to the mode of interpreting written instruments. The judges will rather apply the words of a document to fulfil its lawful intent, than destroy such intent because of insufficient language, for to the intention, when once discovered, all technical forms of expression must give way.See the maxims very fully illustrated in Broom's Legal Maxims, it being said that, notwithstanding qualifications and restrictions, the maxims 'are undoubtedly the most important and comprehensive which can be used for determining the true construction of written instruments.'...

Benedicta est expositio quando res redimitur a destructione

Benedicta est expositio quando res redimitur a destructione [Lat.], Blessed is the exposition by which anything is saved from destruction....

Astrarius h'res

Astrarius h'res [fr. astre, Fr., the hearth of a chimney], an heir apparent who has been placed, by conveyance ,in possession of his ancestor's estate during such ancestor's lifetime, Co. Litt. 8....

Re store

To store again as the goods taken out were re stored...

Re present

To present again as to re present the points of an argument...

Re creative

Creating anew as re creative power...

Eventus varios res nova semper habet

Eventus varios res nova semper habet [Lat.], A new matter always induces various events....

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