Whether we are considering an agreement between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification... The Southwestern Reporter - Página 1301916Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1900 - 804 páginas
...parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain...this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural significance of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 páginas
...between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain...signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If thus regarded... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 páginas
...parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, ike thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the...signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If thus regarded... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1922 - 700 páginas
..."between parties, a statute or a constitution with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain...signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them." (Newell v. People,... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1917 - 724 páginas
...Constitutional Limitations, (7th ed. p. 91,) is as follows: "To ascertain the meaning of the constitution the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words used, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers have placed them, and if, thus... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1862 - 612 páginas
...cited by him. He says, in considering a statute with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain...to the natural signification of the words employed. If thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which VOL. XXIII. 2 Downing agt. Marshall. involves... | |
| Francis Henry Upton - 1863 - 542 páginas
...parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain...signification of the -words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If thus regarded,... | |
| Francis Henry Upton - 1863 - 536 páginas
...statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is tlid thought 'which it expresses. To ascertain this, the...in all cases is to the natural signification of the word* employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have... | |
| Florida. Supreme Court - 1869 - 744 páginas
...demands. When "we interpret a Constitution, what we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To do this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural...signification of the words employed, in the order of arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If, thus regarded, the words embody... | |
| Nevada. Supreme Court - 1870 - 582 páginas
...between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain...signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If, thus regarded,... | |
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