INTERPRETATIO VIPERINA

By SovConn | June 21, 2013

interpretatio viperina (in-t<<schwa>>r-pri-tay-shee-oh vI-p<<schwa>>-rI-n<< schwa>>). [Law Latin “a viper’s interpretation”] Hist. A disapproved method of construction, by which ambiguous documents are interpreted in a way that destroys their effectiveness.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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