Abbreviationum, ille numerus et sensus accipiendus est, ut concessio non sit inanis

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

In abbreviations, that number and sense should be taken which will not avoid the grant.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary