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In Roman law. Contestation of suit; the framing an issue; joinder in issue. The formal act of both the parties with which the proceedings in jure were closed when they led to a judicial investigation, and by which the neighbors whom the parties brought with them were called to testify. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...] about CONTESTATIO LITIS

Lat. Contemporaneous exposition, or construction; a construction drawn from the time when, and the circumstances under which, the subject matter to be construed, as a statute or custom, originated. Contemporanea expositio est optima ot fortissima in logo. Contemporaneous exposition is the best and strongest in the law. 2 Inst 11. A statute is best explained by following the … [Read more...] about CONTEMPORANEA EXPOSITIO

The act by which two parties to an action claim the same right, or when one claims a right to a thing which the other denies; a controversy. … [Read more...] about CONTESTATION

Latin, meaning A contemporaneous exposition is best and the most powerful in law. … [Read more...] about CONTEMPORANEA EXPOSITIO EST OPTIMA ET FORTISSIMA IN LEGE

The general series or composition of a law, contract, covenant, or agreement. 2. When, there is any obscurity in the words of an agreement or law, the context must be considered in its construction, for it must be performed according to the intention of its framers. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The context of a particular sentence or clause in a statute, … [Read more...] about CONTEXT