REDDENDO SINGULA SINGULIS

reddendo singula singulis (ri-den-doh sing-gy[schwa]-l[schwa] sing-gy[ schwa]-lis). [Latin “by rendering each to each”] Assigning or distributing separate things to separate persons, or separate words to separate subjects. • This was used as a rule of construction designed to give effect to the intention of the parties who drafted the instrument. — Also termed referendo singula […]