Ubi duo jura concurrunt in eadem persona, idem est ac si esset in diversis.
When two rights concur in the same person, it is the same as if it were in different persons.
Ubi duo pugnantia in charta concurrunt, prius ratum esto.
Where two repugnant things meet in a charter, let the first be established.
Ubi duo sensus occurrunt, mitiori standum.
Where two meanings occur, we must abide by the milder.
Ubi dies cessit, licet nondum venerit.
Where the day hath ceased, though the night hath not yet come.
Ubi diverso jure in eandem rem venire quis potuit, eo jure venisse præsumitur quod fortius ac melius sit.
Where any one could have come to the same thing by a different right, he is presumed to have come to it by that right which may be stronger and better.