In old records. A miner. Minima poena corporalis est major gnalibet pecnniaria. The smallest corporal punishment is greater than any pecuniary one. 2 Inst 220. Minime mntanda snnt quae certam habuernnt interpretationem. Things which have had a certain interpretation [whose interpretation has been settled, as by common opinion] are not to be altered. Co. Litt 365; Wing. Max. p. 748, max. 202.