| Kentucky - 1851 - 548 páginas
...according to law." CHAPTER V. CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES. In the construction of statutes the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would...inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature : 1851. § 2. The word "justice," or "justices," shall be construed as if the words "of the peace"... | |
| Kentucky - 1851 - 544 páginas
...according to law." CHAPTER V. CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES. In the construction of statutes the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would...inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature : 1851. § 2. The word "justice," or "justices," shall be construed as if the words "of the peace"... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1900 - 804 páginas
...§ 2, 1 How. Stat., provides that the term "general election" means the election held in November, "unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature." There can be no doubt that the election in the spring of 1897 was in a sense a general election, and... | |
| Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1857 - 828 páginas
...ftieact0icn0of (2-) ^EC- 3- In the construction of the statutes of this State, statutes. j],e following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would...inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Legislature, that is to say : 1. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common... | |
| Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frderick C. Seibold - 1861 - 774 páginas
....Section 9 of the chapter which prescribes the rules to be observed in the construction of statutes, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, reads as follows : " The words ' land' or ' lands,' and the words ' real estate' and ' real property,"... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 1314 páginas
...language : but technical words according to their peculiar and Howard r. Harris. appropriate meaning, " unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature." Now there is no room for doubt as to the intention of the legislature in enacting the provisions of... | |
| Nova Scotia, Thomas R. DeWolf - 1864 - 216 páginas
...the revenue laws, the following rules shall be observed, unless otherwise expressly provided for, or such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, or repugnant to the context, that is to say: The word "ship" or "vessel" shall include vessels of all... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - 1920 - 572 páginas
...meaning they would have had if they had read from the beginning as they do as amended, except where such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature. "An act amending one or more sections of a statute should be considered in connection with the whole... | |
| Virginia - 1874 - 546 páginas
...revenue laics. Construction of 50. In the construction of the laws for the assessment and revenue Uw« collection of ta'xes, the rules of decision prescribed...construction therein prescribed, the word "moneys" shall bo construed to mean not only gold, silver and copper coins, but bullion and all notes used as a currency.... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1921 - 712 páginas
...for construction of statutes, provides : "In the construction of the statutes, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would...inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Legislature or repugnant to the context of the statute. * • * " It is then provided by subdivision 15 of this... | |
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