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51In stipulationibus quum queritur quid actum sit verba contra stipulatorem interpretanda sunt — In agreements, when it is questioned as to what was done, the words are to be construed against the stipulator …
52Incerta quantitas vitiat actum — An uncertain quantity vitiates the act …
53Locus contractus regit actum — The place of the contract governs the act. A principle having reference to the act of solemnization. Scudder v Union Nat. Bank, 91 US 406, 410, 23 L Ed 245, 248 …
54Locus regit actum — The place governs the act. The meaning of the maxim is that the place where a contract is entered into governs the manner in which it shall be formally solemnized. Pritchard v Norton, 106 US 124, 27 L Ed 106, 1 S Ct 102 …
55Non deberet alii nocere quod inter alios actum esset — That ought not to prejudice a person which has been done between other persons …
56Non debet alii nocere, quod inter alios actum est — That ought not to prejudice a person which has transpired between other persons …
57Omne actum ab intentione agentis est judicandum — Every act is to be judged by the intention of the doer …
58Quando diversi desiderantur actus ad aliquem statum perficiendum, plus respicit lex actum originalem — When different acts are required to perfect a certain estate, the law regards the original act as most important …
59Quicquid in excessu actum est, lege prohibetur — Whatever is done in excess is prohibited by law …
60Semper in stipulationibus et in caeteris contractibus id sequimur quod actum est — (Civil law.) In stipulations and in other contracts, we always follow that which has been agreed upon …