 | 1915 - 236 páginas
...which subverts the old. It is a modification of the ancient maxim, and amounts to this, that though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are...be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases, which those words in their ordinary acceptation or in that sense in which... | |
 | Joseph Henry Beale - 1915 - 844 páginas
...which subverts the old. It is a modification of the ancient maxim, and amounts to this, that though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are...be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases which those words, in their ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which... | |
 | Joseph Henry Beale - 1915 - 844 páginas
...the ancient maxim, and amounts to this, that though penal laws are to be construed strictly, the3f are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the...be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases which those words, in their ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which... | |
 | Otis Beall Kent - 1915 - 348 páginas
...intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes; and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature." [ US v. Lacher, 134 US, 624.]— Fuller, Chief Justice, pp. 17-18. Southern Ry. Co. v. Crockett, 234... | |
 | 1915 - 1200 páginas
...which subverts the old. It is я modification of the ancient maxim, and amount» to this: That, though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed eo strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature. * * * The intention • if the Legislature... | |
 | Homer Richey, Daunis McBride - 1916 - 858 páginas
...intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes ; and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature: United States v. Lacher, 134 US 624, 33 L. Ed. 1080, 10 S. Ct. 625. In that case we cited and quoted... | |
 | United States - 1916 - 1266 páginas
...lawmaker must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes," and that penal laws " are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature." 1 FSA—0 In a penal statute the words " this act " are literally construed and cannot lie extended... | |
 | 1916 - 486 páginas
...intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. * * * though penal laws are to l>e construed strictly they are not to be construed so...to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature : * * * nothing is to be regarded as included within them that is not within their letter as well as... | |
 | 1919 - 744 páginas
...Intention of the Legislature must govern In the construction of penal as well as other statutes, and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature." The court quoted also the language of Mr. Justice Story which is found in the opinion of Judge Deady in... | |
 | Otis Beall Kent - 1919 - 328 páginas
...intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes; and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature " (US v. Lacher, 134 US, 624). — Fuller, Chief Justice, pages 17-18. Johnson v. Southern Pacific... | |
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... not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases which those words, in their ordinary acceptation, or in that sense... 
