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Optimus interpres rerum usus
estlegis interpres consuetudo. Lofft, 237; Dig. 1, 3, 37, (Custom is the best interpreter of the law.) These maxims support Savigny's Theory of the origin of law. Optimus interpretandi modus est sic leges interpretari ut legeslegibus concordant.
Clerical error
v. Carter, 1893 AC 640. As to contracts, clerical errors have frequently been corrected by application of the maxims, Qui h'ret in litera, h'ret in cortice, or, Mala grammctica non vitiat chartam. A clerical error in a
Common Law
from long and immemorial usage, and universal reception throughout the realm. The authenticity of these customs, rules, and maxims rests entirely upon reception and usage, as declared by our judges, who are the sworn depositaries and interpreters
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Dictator
One who dictates one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others
Burden of proof
in issue is to be proved by the party who asserts the affirmative, according to the civil law maxims, Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, nonqui negat; Actori incumbit onus probandi; and Affirmanti non neganti incumbit probatio. The
Argumentum ab inconvenienti est validum in lege
inconvenienti est validum in lege. Co. Litt. 258.-(An argument from inconvenience has great force in Law.) See Broom's Maxims
Ambiguity
East Africa, 1919 AC 533 (Powell on Evidence). The rule is expressed accordingly in the two following Latin maxims: Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione suppletur; nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur. Bacon.--(a hidden ambiguity of
Allegans contraria non est audiendus
SCC 355 (363). Jenk. Cent. 16.--(A person making contradictory allegations is not to be heard.) See Broom's Legal Maxims, and Buckland v. Johnson, (1854) 23 LJ CP 204, where it was held that a plaintiff having sued
Aliud est celare, aliud tacere
Aliud est celare, aliud tacere.-(To conceal is one thing, to be silent another.) See Broom's Legal Maxims.
Sententious
Abounding with sentences axioms and maxims full of meaning terse and energetic in expression pithy as a sententious style or discourse sententious truth
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