(87) demnify the other against certain risks. 1 Phillips on Ins. 1. The party undertaking to make the indemnity is called the insurer, (and sometimes the underwriter ;) the party to be indemnified, the insured or assured; the agreed consideration, a premium; and the instrument containing the contract, a policy.* Id. ibid. See Assurance, Aversio periculi, Fire Insurance, Life Insurance, Marine Insurance, Policy, Premium. a person as best knows how, and is willing and able to discharge that office. 1 Bl. Com. 347. (88) My intention gives name to my act. Hob. 123. See Affectio. (89) constat ex diebus viginti octo; an intercala- and it was supposed, even in Justinian's ry month consists of twenty-eight days. Id. 50. 16. 98. 2. (90) An interest in lands. Bract. fol. 18 b. According to Lord Coke, this word, ex vi termini, in legal understanding extends to estates, rights and titles that a man has of, in, to, or out of lands, for he is truly said to have an interest in them; and by the grant of totum interesse suum, [all his interest] in such lands, as well reversions as possessions in fee simple, shall pass. Litt. 345 b. An interest in a term for years. Interesse termini. Co. See An interest in a suit. Allegandum est interesse tuum; you must set forth your interest. Clerke's Prax. Cur. Adm. titt. 34, 35. (91) Interest reipublicæ res judicatas non rescindi. It concerns the state that things adjudicated be not rescinded. 2 Inst. 360. It is a matter of public concern that solemn adjudications of the courts should not be disturbed. See Best on Evid. 41, 44. Interest reipublicæ suprema hominum testamenta rata haberi. It concerns the state that men's last wills be held valid, [or allowed to stand.] Co. Litt. 236 b. Interest reipublicæ ut carceres sint in tuto. It concerns the state that prisons be safe places of confinement. 2 Inst. 589. 3 P. Wms. 484. Interest reipublicæ ne sua quis male utatur. It concerns the state that persons do not misuse their property. 6 Co. 36 a. The Dean and Chapter of Worcester's case. "It is unreasonable that a lessee should, at his pleasure, commit waste and destruction, which is against the commonwealth." Id. ibid. Interest reipublicæ ut sit finis litium. It concerns the state that there be an end of lawsuits. Co. Litt. 303. It is for the general welfare that a period be put to litigation. A maxim constantly quoted, and with a great variety of application; as to express the policy of acts of limitation, the duty of courts to apply legal remedies efficiently, the importance of finality in judicial decisions, the doctrine of estoppel, &c. 3 Bl.Com. 308. Broom's Max. [244, 254.] 2 Smith's Lead. Cas. 238, note. Best on Evid. 36, § 41. "An old maxim, deeply fixed in the fundamentals of the common law." Story, J. 1 Sumner's R. 482, 492. (92) of a suit, upon some incidental matter adversely claimed, by the litigation of the which arises out of the proceedings.* Termes de la Ley. (93) from it, See Construction. As to the interpretation of statutes, see Sedgwick on Stat. & Const. Law, chap. 6. 1 Kent's Com. 460. As to the interpretation of treaties, see Id. 174. Sedgwick, chap. 9. As to the interpretation of the constitution of the United States, see 1 Kent's Com. 243. (94) having made a will. 2 Kent's Com. 408. See Intestate.