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

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

Reus lasa majestatis punitur, ut pereat unus ne pereant omnes

pereat unus ne pereant omnes (4 Co. 124) a traitor is punished that one and not all may perish.

Presumption of survivorship

Presumption of survivorship. Where two or more persons perish by the same calamity, the Civil Law presumes that the stronger survived. The common law of England recognized

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Petty-bag Office

also that one half of the whole number of pews or sittings shall be free sittings; the New Perishs Acts and Church Building Acts Amendment Act, 1869, that pews or sittings which are subject to any trust

Pawn or Pledge

Roman Law); (4) By extinguishing the debt, which also extinguishes the right to pledge; (5) By the things perishing; (6) By any act of the pledgee which amounts to a release or waiver of the pledge, Story

Omnia que jure contrahuntur, contrario jure pereunt

Omnia que jure contrahuntur, contrario jure pereunt [Lat.], all things which are contracted by law perish by a contrary law.

Judicium Dei

ORDEAL), which were founded on the belief that God would work a miracle rather than suffer innocence to perish.

Interpretatio chartarum beingne facienda est ut res magis valeat quam pereat

[Lat.], the construction of a deed is to be made liberally, that the thing may rather avail than perish.

Hire

engagement; (4) to accept the thing when it is finished. If, before the work is finished, the thing perishes by internal defect, by inevitable accident, or by irresistible force, without any default of the workman, then (1)

Constructive total loss

assurers notice of abandonment. Generally there is a constructive total loss when the subject-matter assured has not actually perished or lost its form or species, but has, by one of the perils insured against, been reduced to

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