INDEX ANIMI SERMO

By SovConn | June 23, 2013

index animi sermo (in-deks an-<<schwa>>-mIs<<schwa>>r-moh). [Latin] Speech is the index of the mind. • This maxim supports the concept that the language of a statute or instrument is the best guide to the drafter’s intent.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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