| James Kent - 1832 - 590 pages
...terms as to secure it from ambiguous expressions, and from all doubt and criticism upon its meaning. It is an established rule in the exposition of statutes,...is to be deduced from a view of the whole, and of every part of a statute, taken and a Co. LiU. 79. a. 6 P. 300. c 4 Term, 793. compared together. The... | |
| Francis Lieber - 1839 - 694 pages
...Legal and Political Hermeneutics, to which I must be permitted to refer. We must observe here that as "it is an established rule in the exposition of statutes,...lawgiver is to be deduced from a view of the whole and of every part of a statute, taken and compared together," (1) so it is in doubtful or conflicting cases... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1876 - 650 pages
...vs. Williams. The reason and. object of the act are a clew to the true meaning. D warns Stat, 692. The intention of the lawgiver is to be deduced from a view of the whole, and every part of a statute to be taken and compared together. The real intention, when actually ascertained,... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1847 - 556 pages
...compared together. Coke Lilt. 381 a; 12 Wheat. R. 332. Fourth. The real intention of the Legislature, when accurately ascertained, will always prevail over the literal sense of terms. 1 Kent, 461; 15 Johns. R. 380; 14 Mass. R. 92. Fifth. Several acts in pari materia, and relating to... | |
| James Kent - 1851 - 706 pages
...terms as to secure it from ambiguous expressions, and from all doubt and criticisms upon its meaning. It is an established rule in the exposition of statutes,...is to be deduced from a view of ' the whole, and of every part of a statute, taken and ; *462 *compared together.i" The real intention, when accurately... | |
| George Bowyer - 1851 - 218 pages
...particula propositu: judicare vel respondere. On this subject Chancellor Kent writes as follows : — " It is an established rule in the exposition of statutes...the intention of the lawgiver is to be deduced from the whole, and every part of a statute taken and compared together." And so we find it laid down in... | |
| New York (State), Member of the New-York Bar - 1851 - 410 pages
...it is within the words of the enactment, literally interpreted, is not conclusive upon this point. "The real intention when accurately ascertained, will always prevail over the literal sense of the terms. (1 Kent's Com. 462.) The title of the code spoken of treats "of the time of commencing actions,"... | |
| 1852 - 890 pages
...contract, when no special agreement to the contrary is made. Ib. 31. In the interpretation of statutes, the intention of the lawgiver is to be deduced from a view of the whole, and of every part of the statute, taken together. Where in the preamble, or in any particular clause, an expression... | |
| New York (State) - 1852 - 606 pages
...that it is within the words of the enactment literally interpreted, is not conclusive upon this point. "The real intention, when accurately ascertained, will always prevail over the literal sense of the terms. (1 Kent's Com. 4t)2.) The title of the code spoken of treats "Of the time of commencing... | |
| Bengal (India). Sadr Nizāmat 'Adālat, J. Carrau - 1853 - 1020 pages
...enacting part of the statute may extend the Act beyond the preamble. " It will be found also to be an established rule in the exposition of statutes...lawgiver is to be deduced from a view of the whole and of every part of the statute, taken and compared together. In construing Acts of Parliament, the courts... | |
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