Meaning of contemporanea expositio | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Legal opinions set forth at the time a document was written.
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2. The doctrine that the legal opinions of the time a document was written should be used to interpret laws in preference to more modern formulations.
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Examples

“We have⟳ the contemporanea expositio of Edward the Sixth, but what is the contemporanea expositio of Charles the Second ?”

“This is the contemporanea expositio which is to prove⟳ that the doctrine of the sacraments is not delivered fully in the Articles ; being in fact about a totally different question⟳ !”

“This was the clear result⟳ of the 1st George I., taken in conjunction with the other statutes, and the contemporanea expositio confirmed this construction.”

“The contemporanea expositio is a safe key to the meaning of deeds, and in Evelyn's Memoirs, written fourteen years after the complete⟳ establishment of the Charter House, we have⟳ a striking illustration of the original rule⟳ as he understood it […]”

“Not only do I think⟳ that they must be read⟳ in conjunction, but the usage which has followed the Union has, in my judgment, both interpreted them when so read⟳, and has by contemporanea expositio confirmed the view⟳ that they ought to be so read⟳.”

“It was reasonably clear upon the argument submitted in the Court of Session that, at the time when the Act came into force⟳, it was regarded by contemporanea expositio as applying to the Crown, but any doubt⟳ which might have⟳ existed was set⟳ ...”

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