 This Act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.  Laws - Page 629by Illinois - 1917Full view - About this book
 | Maine - 1915 - 1164 pages
...this act it shall construe it liberally and with a view to carrying out its general purpose. The ruK: that statutes in derogation of the common law are...strictly construed shall have no application to this act. Section 38. Xo proceedings under this act shall abate because of the death of the petitioner, but may... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 pages
...contracting with and conveying lands to each other."J To understand the meaning and present value of the rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed, we must keep in mind the feelings of our ancestors in regard to that system of jurisprudence. They... | |
 | New York (State). Superior Court (New York), Joseph S. Bosworth - 1859 - 756 pages
...view to substantial justice between the parties, (Code, § 159). And again it is enacted (§ 467) that the rule, that statutes in derogation of the common law, are to be strictly construed, has no application to the code. Rowland v. Phalen. tation of its words when no beneficial purpose renders... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - 1859 - 670 pages
...Construction of the Code. J 1125. Repeal of former statutes. 1126. Time when Code takes effect. § 1124. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed has no application to this Code. § 1125. All statutes, laws, and rules heretofore lUtUtM. .,. . .... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code, New York (State). - 1865 - 896 pages
...this State there is no common law, in any case, where the law is declared by the five Codes. § 2032. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed, has no application to this Code. § 2033. All statutes, laws and rules heretofore in force in thia... | |
 | 1875 - 438 pages
...v. Stivers, 28 Iowa, 802, is, therefore, not an authority here. We apprehend that a due regard for the rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed would preclude the construction for which our correspondent contends. ED. AL ,1 , ] THE CENTRAL VERMONT... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1902 - 1050 pages
...64. Buckmaster v. McElroy, 20 Nebr., 557, 564. In the former opinion GANTT, J., appears to lay down the rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed. In the latter, COBB, J., lays down the opposite rule. The first section of the Code of Civil Procedure... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 pages
...Maryland, 25; 582. Dyson v. West's Exic. 1 Ear. aod J. 567. To understand the meaning and present value of the rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed, we must keep in mind the feelings of our ancestors in regard to that system of jurisprudence. They... | |
 | Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1878 - 884 pages
...statutes restrictive of this right are not in derogation of the common law, and are not subject to the rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed ; although one or two judges have fallen into the error of supposing otherwise.2 Hence the courts,... | |
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