UT RES MAGIS VALEAT QUAM PEREAT

ut res magis valeat quam pereat ([schwa]t rays [or reez or rez] may-jis vay-lee-at kwam peer-ee-at). [Latin “to give effect to the matter rather than having it fail”] A maxim of construction applied when alternative readings are possible, one of which (usu. the broader reading) would achieve the manifest purpose of the document and one […]