Abundans cautela non nocet

Dictionary: 
Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Extreme caution does no harm. 11 Coke, 6b. This principle is generally applied to the construction of instruments in which superfluous words have been inserted more clearly to express the intention.

Author: 
Henry Campbell Black, M.A.
Publisher: 
West Publishing Company
Year Published: 
1910
Genre: 
Law Dictionary