Site icon The Law Dictionary

AMBIDEXTER

Skillful with both hands; one who plays on both sides. Applied anciently to an attorney who took pay from both sides, and subsequently to a juror guilty of the same offense. Cowell. Ambigua responsio contra proferentem est accipienda. An ambiguous answer is to be taken against (is not to be construed in favor of) him who offers it. 10 Coke, 59. Ambiguis casibus semper prsesumitur pro rege. In doubtful cases, the presumption always is in behalf of the crown. Lofftf Append. 248.

Exit mobile version