An ambiguous order is to be interpreted against the person uttering it.
Angliæ jura in omni casu libertatis dant favorem.
The laws of England in every case give countenance to liberty.
Animalia fera, si facta sint mansueta, et ex consuetudine eunt et redeunt, volant et revolant, ut Cervi, Cygni, &c. eousque nostra sunt; et ita intelliguntur quamdiu habuerunt animum revertendi.
Wild animals, if they have become tame, and go and return, fly back and fore, and habitually, as stags and swans, &c. are so far ours, and are so understood to be, so long as they are inclined to return to us.
Animi notum vultus detegit.
The countenance is the index of the mind.
Animus hominis est anima scripti.
The mind of man is the soul of his writing.
Aperte impossibilia cum dicuntur non faciunt calumniam.