 | Francis Henry Upton - 1863 - 536 pages
...of the framers of the instrument, there is no occasion to resort to other means of interpretation. It is not allowable to interpret what has no need...conjecture, in order to restrict or extend the meaning." Thus it is perceived, where the words are noc free from ambiguity and doubt, and do not exprfc* plainly,... | |
 | Francis Henry Upton - 1863 - 542 pages
...of the framers of the instrument, there is no occasion to resort to other means of interpretation. It is not allowable to interpret what has no need...the words have a definite and precise meaning, to go els&vliere in search of conjecture, in order to restrict or extend the meaning." Thus it is perceived,... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1867 - 732 pages
...interpret or explain it. In the language of Judge Allen, in McCluskey v. Cromwell, (1 Kern. 601,) " It is not allowable to interpret what has no need...precise meaning, to go elsewhere in search of conjecture to restrict or Harris v. Slaght. extend the meaning. Statutes and contracts should be read and understood... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1867 - 1016 pages
...voted?" Is it the bonds legally issued, those illegally issued, or both? It is said by Yattel that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. "When the words of an act are in clear and precise terms; when its meaning is clear, and leads to no... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - 1867 - 332 pages
...voted?" Is it the bonds legally issued, those illegally issued, or both? It is said by Vattel that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. When the words of an act are in clear and precise terms ; when its meaning is clear, and leads to no... | |
 | Joel Tiffany, New York (State). Court of Appeals - 1868 - 802 pages
...This is but the affirmance of the general rule laid down by Vattel, as a maxim of interpretation, that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. The duty of Courts is, when the language is clear and explicit, to follow it and give it its full effect.... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1869 - 622 pages
...for Respondent. The first general maxim of interpretation laid down by the best authority is, that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. (Vattcll, b. 2, Ch. 17, Sec. 263.) When the words of the Constitution are in clear and precise terms... | |
 | William Fitzwilliam Milton (Viscount) - 1869 - 474 pages
...opinion in cases where no obscurity exists. He says, ' The first general maxim of interpretation is that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. When a deed is worded in clear and precise terms ; when its meaning is evident, and leads to no absurd... | |
 | 1884 - 550 pages
...resorted to in aid of interpretation. But Vattel's first general maxim of interpretation is that " it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation," and he continues: " When a deed is worded in clear and precise terms, when its meaning is evident and leads... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1872 - 330 pages
...ab••unlity on the face of it. Such a procedure is a violation of that incontestable maxim, that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. It may be observed, by the way, that the motive of the High Contracting Parties to the Treaty of 1846,... | |
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the first general maxim of interpretation is, that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. 
