...(245 ü. S. 418), said: A wi i« not a cryttal, transparent and unchanged, it it the »kin of a- Uving thought, and may vary greatly in color and content...according to the circumstances and the time in which it it iiacd. In view of the foregoing, let the person anticipating making a will, go, therefore, to the...

...unwary thought when applied to particular situations. I think this is a situation where "A word * * * may vary greatly in color and content according to...in which it is used." Towne v. Eisner, 245 US 418, 419. It is well recognized that definitions "are to be understood by looking at the subject-matter...

...earthly possess rthe manner and form as follows:" etc Howard H. Bates. Indianapolis, bd. ivcrlc) is not a transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living...the circumstances and the time in which it is used. — Mr. Justice Holmes. In Towne v. Eisner. 245 US 418, 38 S.Ct. 158. 159. 62 L.Ed. 372. LRA1918D....

...context in which a policy emerges, and there is no such thing as a policy without a context. A policy is "not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary grcatly in color and content according to the circomstances and the time in which it is used." In other...

...statement, which seems "purposive," also can be given a textualist reading. For example, when he argued that a "word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged,...is used" (Towne v. Eisner, 245 US 418, 425 (1918)), he might have required attention to only those elements of context that give meaning to language. 71...

...large extent dependent on the underlying theoretical or policy justification. In the words of Holmes J: A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged,...according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.96 Singapore lawyers tend to cite English precedents as the final authority. England has a huge...

...enables the Court to approve the censorship of communication solely because of the words they contain. "A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged,...color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it used." The words that the Court and the Commission find so unpalatable may be the...

...for words and even new methods for determining those meanings. As Holmes would write early in 1918, "A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary gready in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used."52 Words...

...parliamentary debates to enable them to interpret legislation wisely. Like Justice Holmes, they recognise that a word 'is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought'.46 The present Government and Parliament are paying the judiciary a large compliment in entrusting...

...is broadly construed within First Amendment jurisprudence: the citation from Holmes runs as follows: "a word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living through and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which...