...Court in US v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482: "All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to...reason of the law in such cases should prevail over the letter. The common sense of man approves the judgment mentioned by Putfendorf, that the Bolognian...

...Rule fur the construction of statutes. All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to...an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, Ь.э presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language which would avoid results of...

...Jackson,* 10 NY Leg. Obs., 451. § 2770. All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to...injustice, oppression or an absurd consequence. It will be presumed in such cases that the legislature intended exceptions to its language which would avoid...

...physically impossible to perform. "Besides," said this court in US v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 486, "general terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, oran absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions...

...impossibile." The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter, and general terms should be so limited in their application as not to...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence, the presumption being indulged that the lawmakers intended exceptions to language which otherwise would...

...Poor v. Considine, 6 Wai. 458. 15. All laws should receive a sensible construction : general terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or absurd consequences ; and it will always be presumed thut the legislature intended exceptions to its...

...be interpreted, not only by its exact words, bufalso by its apparent general purpose. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. United States v. Freeman^ How. 556; United States v. Kirby,1 Wall. 482; United States v. Saunders,...

...Walsh, 15 Mo. 519. In such cases the reason of the law prevails over its letter, ano general terms are so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence; the presumption being indulged that the legislature intended no such anomalous results. U. 8. v. Kirby,...

...against unreason. Inconvenience, or injustice." And again (section 258): "General terms [as "assigns"] should be so limited in their application as not to lead to * » * an absurd consequence." Now, when we look to see against whom the action may be brought, we...

...; Somerset v. Dighton 12 stances from the spirit of its enactment." It follows that "general terms should be so limited in their application as not to...reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter."70] Thus, where a by-law authorized the Poulters' Company to fine "all" poulters in London...