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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 … [Read more...] about AMBIDEXTER

Subject to answer to the Jaw; accountable; responsible; liable to punishment. Miller v. Com., 1 Duv. (Ky.) 17. Also means tractable, that may be easily led or governed: formerly applied to a wife who is governable by her husband. Cowell. … [Read more...] about AMENABLE

Latin: From ambiguus, doubtful, uncertain, obscure. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning. Ambiguitas latens, a latent ambiguity; ambiguitas patens, a patent ambiguity. See Ambiguity. Ambiguitas veborum latens verifl eatione suppletnr; nam quod ex facto oritur ambignnm verificatione facti tol litur. A latent ambiguity in the language may be removed by evidence; for whatever … [Read more...] about AMBIGUITAS

To improve; to make better by change or modification. See Alter. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition To alter or change, such as a pleading, a contract, a motion. … [Read more...] about AMEND

Legal maxim and Latin for an ambiguity is most strongly construed against the party using it. Also see contra preferendum where a court will hold in favor of the understanding of a party who did not create a contract clause and against a drafter in its interpretation. This is done since the party that drafted the clause had the power to make the clause clear as to its meaning … [Read more...] about AMBIGUITAS CONTRA STIPULATOREM EST