 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 páginas
...the surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street with a fit. *5. But, lastly, the most universal and effectual way of discovering...reason and spirit of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it." For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with it.... | |
 | 1878 - 826 páginas
...of a command may be ascertained, if doubtful, by consulting the reason for its existence. Blackstone says, " The most universal and effectual way of discovering...reason and spirit of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it. For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with it.... | |
 | 1865 - 652 páginas
...interpret the sense of their formulas, very contrary to Sir William Blackstone's celebrated rule : " The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law, where the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it, or the cause which moved... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - 1866 - 52 páginas
...view of all their provisions taken together, the courts can see the legislature designed to provide. " The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law," says Mr. Justice BLACKSTONE, " is by considering the cause which moved the legislator to enact it ;... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1867 - 926 páginas
...the street with a fit. , *o. But, lastly, the most universal and effectual way of disco- [*61] rering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious,...reason and spirit, of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it. ,(13) For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with... | |
 | William Giles Goddard - 1870 - 606 páginas
...will of the people, when required to decide whether the law is in conformity with the Constitution. " The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law," (says Judge Blackstone,) " when words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it, or... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1871 - 756 páginas
...Puffendorf says : " That which helps us most in the discovery of the true meaning of the law, is the reason of it, or the cause which moved the legislature to enact it." If the penalties given by the act of congress are cumulative, leaving the state law also in force,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872 - 776 páginas
...with a fit. (19) Г*611 *^° ^u*' 1а8^У' ^е most universal and effectual way of discovering "• J the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious,...reason and spirit of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it. (20) For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with... | |
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that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity," was held after long debate not to extend to the surgeon, who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street with a fit. 5. But, lastly, the most universal and... 
