Copulatio verborum indicat quod accipiantur in codem sensu

Copulatio verborum indicat quod accipiantur in codem sensu
The coupling of words together shows that they are to be taken in the same sense. Saltonstall v Sanders, 93 Mass (11 Allen) 446, 470. When the meaning of any particular word is doubtful or obscure, or when the expression taken singly is inoperative, the intention of the parties using it may frequently be ascertained and carried into effect by looking at the adjoining words, or at expressions occurring in other parts of the same instrument. Breasted v Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 8 NY 299.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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