Omnis interpretatio si fieri potest ita fienda est in instrumentis, ut omnes contrarietates amoveantur.
The interpretation of instruments is to be made, if they will admit of it, so that all contradictions may be removed. Jenk. Cent. 96.
Omnis interpretatio vel declarat, vel extendit, vel restrin pit. Every interpretation either declares, ex tends, or restrains.
Omnis nova constitutio futuris temporibus for mam imponere debet, non prcetcritis. Every new statute ought to set its stamp upon the future, not the past. Bract. 228 ; 2 Inst. 95.
Omnis persona est homo, sed non vicissim. Every person is a man, but not every man a person. Cal vinus, Lex.
Omnis privatio prcesupponit habitum. Every pri vation presupposes former enjoyment. Co. Litt. 339.
Omnis querela et omnis actio injuriarum limitata est infra cola tempora. Every plaint and every action for injuries is limited within certain times. Co. Litt. 114.
cequiparatur. Every subsequent ratification has a retrospective effect, and is equivalent to a prior command. Co. Litt. 207 a; Story, Ag., 4th, ed. 102; Broom, Max. 757, 867 ; 8 Wheat. (U. S.) 363, 6 L. Ed. 631; 7 Exch. 726 ; 9 C. B. 632, 607 ; 5 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 256 ; 62 Me. 82. See RATIFICATION ; 9 Marv. L. R. 60.
Omnis regula suns patitur exceptiones. Every rule of law is liable to its own exceptions.
Omnium contributions sarciatur quod pro omni bus datum est. What is given for all shall be com pensated for by the contribution of all. 4 Singh. 121; 2 Marsh. 309.
Omnium rerum quorum usus est, potest esse abu sus, virtute solo excepta. There may be an abuse of everything of which there is a use, virtue only excepted. Day. 79.
Once a fraud, always a fraud. 13 Vin. Abr. 539. Once a mortgage, always a mortgage. 1 Hill. R.
P. 378 ; Bisph. Eq. § 153 ; 7 Watts ,(Pa.) 376; 67 Pa. 104 ; 22 Ind. 62. See MORTGAGE.
Once a recompense, always a recompense. 19 Vin.
Abr. 277.
Once quit and cleared, ever quit and cleared. Skene de Verb. Sign., iter ad fin.
One may not do an act to himself.
Opinio qua: favet testamento est tenenda. That opinion is to be followed which favors the will.
Oportet quod certa res deducatur in juclicium. A
thing, to be brought to judgment, must be certain or definite. Jenk. Cent. 84 ; Bract. b.
Oportet quod certa sit res quo venditur. A thing, to be sold, must be certain or definite. Bract. 61.
Optima enim est legis interpres consuetudo. Usage is the best interpreter of law. 2 Inst. 18; Broom, Max. 931.
Optima est lex, qua minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis, optimus judex qui minimumi sibi. That is the best law which confides as little as possible to the discretion of the judge; he is the best judge who takes least upon himself. Bacon, Aph. 46; Broom, Max. 84.
Optima statuti interpretatrix est (omnibus par ticulis cjusdern, inspectis) ipsum, statutum. The best interpretress of a statute is (all the separate parts being considered) the statute itself. 8 Co. 117; Wing. Max. 239, max. 68.
Optimam esse legem, quo minimum relinquit ar bitrio judicis; id quod certitudo ejus prcestat. That law is the best which leaves the least discretion to the judge; and this is an advantage which results from its certainty. Bacon, Aph. 8.
Optimus interpres rerum usus. Usage is the best interpreter of things. 2 Inst. 282; Broom, Max. 917, 930.
Optimus interpretandi modus est sic leges inter pretare at leges legibus accordant. The best mode of interpreting laws is to make them accord. 8 Co. 169.
Optimus judex, qui minimum sibi. He is the best judge who relies as little as possible on his own dis cretion. Bacon, Aph. 46; Broom, Max. 84.
Optimus legum interpres consuetudo. Usage Is the best interpreter of laws. 4 Inst. 76; 2 Pars. Con., 8th ed. •541 ; Broom, Max. 685.
Ordine placitandi servato, servatur et jus. The order of pleading being preserved, the law is pre served. Co. Litt. 303 ; Broom, Max. 189.
Origine propria neminem posse voluntate sun aximi manifestum est. It is manifest that no one by his own will can renounce his origin (put off or dis charge his natural allegiance). Code 10. 34. 4. See 1 Bla. Com. c. 10 ; 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 313 ; 3 Pet. (U. S.) 122, 7 L. Ed. 617; 3 Pet. (U. S.) 246, 7 L. Ed. 666; Broom, Max. 77.