Benignae faciendae sunt interpretationes chartarum ut res magis valeat quam pereat

Legal maxim and Latin for Construction of documents are to be made favourably, that the instrument may rather avail than perish. See Roe v. Tranmarr, which is a most important case for reference with regard to the construction and interpretation of written instruments. The facts as quoted from Smith were as follows. A, in consideration of natural love, and of