- Verba in differenti materia per prius, non per posterius, intelligenda sunt
- (Civil law.) Words concerning a different matter are to be understood by the matter preceding, and not by that following.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
verba in differenti materia per prius, non per posterius, intelligenda sunt — /varba in difarentay matiriya par prayas, non par postiriyas, intelajenda sant/ Words on a different subject are to be understood by what precedes, not by what comes after. A maxim of the civil law … Black's law dictionary