- verba ita sunt intelligenda, ut res magis valeat quam pereat
- /varba ayta sant intelajenda, at riyz meyjas vaeliyat kwaem pehriyat/ The words [of an instrument] are to be so understood, that the subject-matter may rather be of force than perish [rather be preserved than destroyed; or, in other words, that the instrument may have effect, if possible]. 2 Bl.Comm. 380
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.