Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Ambiguitas verborum latens verifacatione suppletur; nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur

A latent ambiguity in wording is resolved by evidence; for whatever ambiguity arises from an extrinsic fact is resolved by extrinsic evidence.

Ambiguitas verborum patens nulla verificatione excluditur.

A patent ambiguity is not removed by extrinsic evidence (or is never helped by averment).

Verification

n. 1. A formal declaration made in the presence of an authorized officer, such as a notary public, by which one swears to the truth of the statements in the document. ( Traditionally, a verification is used as a conclusion for all pleadings that do not tender issue. Cf. ACKNOWLEDGMENT (4). 2. An oath or affirmation that an authorized officer administers to an affiant or deponent. 3. Loosely, ACKNOWLEDGMENT (5). 4. See certified copy under COPY. 5. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. 6. Any act of notarizing. - verify, vb. - verifier, n. Cf. ,IURAT (i).

relicta verificatione

[Latin "his pleading being abandoned"] Hist. A confession of judgment accompanied by a withdrawal of the plea. See COGNOVIT ACTIONEM.