Allegans swam turpitudinem non est audiendus. One alleging his own infamy is not to be heard. 4 Inst. 279 ; 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 339 ; 13 Ch. Div. 696.
Allegari non debuit quod probatum non relevat. That ought not to have been alleged which, if proved, would not be relevant. 1 Ch. Cas. 45.
Allegatio contra factum non est admittenda. An allegation contrary to a deed is not admissible. See ESTOPPEL.
Alteriva circumventio alii non prcebet actionem. Dig. 50, 17. 49. A deception practised upon one per son doea not give a cause of action to another. Alternative petitio non est audienda. An alter native petition is not to be heard. 5 Co. 40 a. Ambigua responsio contra pro ferentem est accip ienda. An ambiguous answer is to be taken against the party who offers it. 10 Co. 59 a.
Ambiguis casibus aemper prcesumitur pro rege. In doubtful cases the presumption is always in favor of the king.
Ambiguitas contra stipulatorem est. Doubtful words will be construed most strongly against the party using them. See INSURANCE.
Ambiguitas verborum latens veriftcatione supple tur ; nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum veri ficatione facti tollitur. A latent ambiguity may be supplied by evidence ; for an ambiguity which arises out of a fact may be removed by proof of the fact. Bacon, Max. Reg. 23 ; 8 Bingh. 247. See 1 Pow. Dev. 477 ; Bart. Max. 39 ; 2 Kent 557 ; Broom, Max. 608 ; 13 Pet. (U. S.) 97, 10 L. Ed. 72 ; 1/Gray (Mass.) 138 ; 100 Mass. 60 ; 8 N. J. L. 71. Said to be "an unprofitable subtlety ; inadequate and uninstructive." Prof. J. B. Thayer in 6 Harv. L. 417. See LATENT AMBIGUITY.
Ambiguitas verborum patens nulla veri/icatione excluditur. A patent ambiguity is never holpen by averment. Lofft 249 ; Bacon, Max. 25 ; 21 Wend. (N. Y.) 651; 1 Tex. 377. See PATENT AMBIGUITY. Ambiguum placitum interpretari debet contra prof erentem. An ambiguous plea ought to be inter preted against the party pleading it. Co. Litt. 303 b ; Broom, Max. 601 ; Bacon, Max. Reg. 3 ; 2 H. Bla. 531 ; 2 M. & W. 444.
Ambulatoria est voluntas defuncti vague ad vitae supremum exitum. A will is ambulatory until the last moment of life. Broom, Max. 503 ; 2 Bla. Com.
502 ; Co. Litt. 322 b ; 3 E. & B. 572 ; 1 M. & K. 485. Anglice jura in omni caau libertati dant favorem. The laws of England are favorable in every case to liberty. Halkers. Max. 12.
Animus ad se omne jus ducit. It is to the inten tion that all law applies.
Animus haminis eat anima scripti. The inten tion of the party is the soul of the instrument. 3 Bulstr. 67 ; Pitman, Princ. & Sur. 26.
Anniculus trecentesinto sexagesimo-quinto die dici incipiente plane non exacto die, quia annum civiliter non ad momenta temporum red ad dies. numeramur. We call a child a year old on the three hundred and sixty-fifth day, when the day is fairly begun but not ended, because we calculate the civil year not by moments, but by days. Dig. 50. 16. 134; id. 132 ; Calvinua, Lex. See AGE.
Annua nec debitum judex non separat ipae. Even the judge apportions not annuities or debt. 8 Co. 52. See Story, Eq. Jur. §§ 480, 517 ; 1. Salk. 36, 65.
Annus est mora motes quo suum planeta pervol vat circulum. A year is the duration of the mo tion by which a planet revolves through its orbit. Dig. 40. 7. 4. 5 ; Calvinua, Lex. ; Bract. 359 b.
Annus inceptua pro convoleto habetur. A year begun is held as completed. Said to be of very limited application. Trayner, Max. 45.
Apices jurie non aunt jura. Legal niceties are not law. Co. Litt. 304. Legal principles must not be carried to their extreme consequences, regardless of equity and good sense. Salmond, Jurispr. 639. See 3 Scott 773; 10 Co. 126; Broom, Max. 188. See APEX JURIB.
Applicatio est vita regulce. The application is the life of a rule. 2 Bulstr. 79.
Aqua cedit solo. The grant of the soil carries the water. Hale, de Jur. Mar. pt. 1, c. 1.
A qua currit et debet currcre ut currere solebat. Water runs and ought to run as it was wont to run. Bart. Max. 316: 3 Kent 439 ; Ang. Wat. Cour. 413 ; Gale & W. Easem. 182 ; 39 S. W. (Tenn.) 905. Arbitramentum wquum tribuit cuique suum. A just arbitration renders to every one his own. Noy, Max. 248.