Semper pro legitimatione præsumitur.
There is a presumption in favour of legitimation.
Semper specialia generalibus insunt.
Special things are always included in general things.
Sensus verborum est anima legis.
The sense of words is the soul of the law.
Sensus verborum ex causa dicendi accipiendus est; et sermones semper accipiendi sunt secundum subjectam materiam.
The sense of words is to be taken from the cause of pleading, and words are always to be taken according to the subject matter.
Sensus verborum est duplex, mitis et asper, et verba semper accipienda sunt in mitiore sensu.
The sense of words is twofold, mild and rough, and words are always to be taken in the milder sense.