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 +====== Benignse faciendse sunt interpretation's, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni, non e contra, debent inservire ======
 +
 +** Liberal constructions of written documents are to be made, because of the simplicity of the laity, and with a view to carry out the intention of the parties and uphold the document; and words ought to be made subservient, not contrary, to the intention.**
 +
 +The translation given of this maxim, taken generally, makes 
 +its meaning sufficiently obvious. It may be well, however, 
 +further to observe, that it applies to all written instruments of a 
 +private or public nature, and that the intention of the parties 
 +will in all cases be the rule of construction, where such construction will not contravene any positive rule of law. 
 +
 +Where an instrument cannot be construed so as to carry out 
 +fully the intentions of the parties, it shall be made to operate so 
 +far as possible. Where two join in a grant of land, one having 
 +no interest or no capacity, the grant shall be construed to operate 
 +as that of the one having the interest or capacity ; or, where one 
 +grants a larger estate than he possesses, the grant shall be construed so as to pass such estate as he has. So in deeds, contracts, 
 +wills, etc, where the parties omit to express themselves in 
 +technical language, the deficiency will be supplied by the context, 
 +and the intention upheld where, in doing so, no express rule of 
 +law established for the construction of such deeds, contracts, 
 +wills, &c, will be thereby violated. Where, however, technical 
 +language is used, even though improperly, effect must be given 
 +to it, according to the rule of giving effect to every part of a 
 +document, unless it leads to manifest absurdity. The construction to be put upon Acts of Parliament depends upon the intention 
 +of the Legislature, and each part of them is to be read and 
 +construed with reference to the whole, as is the case with the  ordinary acts of individuals. The construction of instruments 
 +between parties, wills, etc, depends upon the intention of the 
 +parties, and the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is 
 +to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or 
 +some repugnancy or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, 
 +in which case, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is 
 +to be modified so as to avoid that absurdity or inconsistency, but 
 +no further. There is, however, a limit put to the construction 
 +of written instruments, and that is, that words will not be added 
 +to, or struck out of, a document so as to alter in anywise the 
 +obvious meaning of it in any part, nor so as to make a fresh deed 
 +or document for the parties, but every part of the document, and 
 +every word in it, must be considered with reference to the whole, 
 +and that whole considered in a manner agreeable to reason and 
 +common sense, according to manifest intention, and with a view, 
 +if possible, to uphold the document. For, " //Nihil tarn conveniens 
 +est naturali sequitati, quarn voluntatem domini voluntatis rem 
 +suam in alium transferre ratam habere//" — Nothing is so consonant 
 +to natural equity as to regard the intention of the owner in 
 +transferring his property to another. 
 +
 +A single instance of the practical application of the maxim 
 +under consideration will suffice. Where a bill of sale appeared 
 +to have been executed on the 31st of December, 18 GO, and the 
 +date of the jurat of the affidavit which was filed with it being the 
 +10th of January, 1860 ; the Court of Queen's Bench assumed 
 +that the date in the jurat arose from a mistake often made in 
 +dates at the commencement of the year, and in accordance with 
 +the principle of this maxim allowed the jurat to be amended. 
 +
 +----
 +Co. LiU. 36; 1 Co. 100; Shep. Touch. 86, 87, 16C, 253; Gore ,. Lloyd, 
 +
 +12 M. &W. 478; Chapman v. Towner, C M. & W. 100; Tarte f. Darby, 
 +15JI.it \X. C01; Biffin i. Yorke, C Scott X. R. 235; Arnold v. Ridge, 
 +
 +13 C. B. 703; Ea.it i: Twyford, i H. L. Cas. 556; Blamford v. Blamford, 
 +3 Buls. 103 ; Hollingsworth v. White, L. T. (X.S.) GUI ; Grey v. Pearson, 
 +29 L. T. 67 ; Cheney r. Courtois, 7 L. T. (X.S.) 6S0; Broom c. Bachelor, 
 +27 L. T, 22.