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A third form of ambiguity is caused by the use of
compound words; for example, if a man orders his
body to be buried in a cultivated spot, and should
direct, as is often done, a considerable space of land
surrounding his tomb to be taken from the land left
to his heirs with a view to preserving his ashes from
outrage, an occasion for dispute may be afforded by
the question whether the words mean “in a cultivated place” (in culto loco) or “in an uncultivated
place” (inculto loco).
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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