 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - 2000 - 466 pages
...1917. 10 It is not necessarily true that income means the same thing in the Constitution and the act. A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged,...time in which it is used. Towne v. Eisner, 245 US 425, 1918. n The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. . . The... | |
 | Alexander A. Bove - 2000 - 340 pages
...motivating and principal factor behind the change, the disinheritance will stand. Common Will Provisions A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged;...the circumstances and the time in which it is used. — Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _a? ew attorneys would disagree. Most of the millions of will contests... | |
 | Eugene R. Anderson, Jordan S. Stanzler, Lorelie S. Masters - 1999 - 2726 pages
...developed in philosophy since the turn of the century"). See also Towne v. Eisner, 245 US 418, 425 (1918) (a "word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged,...circumstances and the time in which it is used"). 51 See J. Thayer, Preliminary Treatise on Evidence 424 (1898) ('"The old distinction between a patent... | |
 | Faye J. Crosby, Cheryl VanDeVeer - 2000 - 356 pages
...protection of the laws," is susceptible of varying interpretations, for as Mr. Justice Holmes declared, "[a] word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged,...the circumstances and the time in which it is used." . . . We must, therefore, seek whatever aid is available in determining the precise meaning of the... | |
 | Gregory H. Fox, Brad R. Roth - 2000 - 604 pages
...terms survive, but in using them in a modern context, one should bear in mind Holmes's lapidary dictum: "A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged;...the circumstances and the time in which it is used." 37 When constitutive changes such as these are introduced into a legal system while many other struts... | |
 | John H. Mathias, David M. Kroeger, Matthew M. Neumeier, Jerry J. Burgdoerfer - 2000 - 716 pages
..."Parol Evidence Myths in Insurance Coverage Litigation," 1 J. of Insurance Coverage No. 3 (Summer 1998). the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly...according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used."11 Although Williston believed, and advanced the view in the Restatement (First) of Contracts,... | |
 | Roselmina Indrisano, James R. Squire - 2000 - 380 pages
...vocabulary reference works. Early Vocabulary Research A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstance and time in which it is used. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1918) Poets, songwriters, novelists,... | |
 | Jamie Peck - 2001 - 436 pages
...to enroll in a formal job- training program. (Dorsey Dictionary of American Government and Politics) A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged;...in color and content according to the circumstances in which it is used. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, quoted in Rossiter, 1955: 4) Welfare reform is not only... | |
 | Peter Butt, Richard Castle - 2001 - 212 pages
...Justice Holmes's famous aphorism, 'a word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged', but rather is 'the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly...according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used'.58 Nevertheless, most words in everyday usage convey a common core of understanding, and the... | |
 | Stupak/Leitner - 2001 - 898 pages
...ones. Thus informed. updated. and revised. the performance measurement process begins artew. GLOSSARY A word is not a crystal. transparent and unchanged: it is the skin of a living thought. and may vary greatiy in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used. Justice Oliver... | |
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[a] word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used. 
