 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.  The Pacific Reporter - Page 791913Full view - About this book
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1891 - 858 pages
...construction that the whole is to be examined, with a view to arriving at the true intention of each part." " The thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses." The spirit as well as the letter of a statute must be respected, and where the whole context of the... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1893 - 1064 pages
...which it naturally presents. And another is that, when courts are interpreting a statute, the thing to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain...of the words employed, in the order and grammatical signification in which they stand. If, thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which involves... | |
 | 1893 - 1170 pages
...which It naturally presents. And another Is that, when courts are Interpreting a statute, the thing to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain...of the words employed, In the order and grammatical signification In which they stand. If, thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which involves... | |
 | 1895 - 1210 pages
...status or condition. In considering the provision "with a view to its interpretation, the thing which we are to seek Is the thought which it expresses....the natural signification of the words employed." Cooley, Const. Llm. 57. Says Marshall, CJ: "The f ramers of the constitution, and the people who adopted... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1895 - 1072 pages
...instrument. To get at the thought or meaning expressed in a statute, a contract, or a constitution, the first resort, in all cases is to the natural signification of the words, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1896 - 1066 pages
...status or condition. In considering the provision " with a view to its interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it expresses....to the natural signification of the words employed ": Cooley on Constitutional Limitations, 1st ed., 57. Says Marshall, CJ, " The framers of the constitution... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1896 - 798 pages
...statute, a constitution, a judgment or order of court, with a view of 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 the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold, Arnold LeBell - 1897 - 770 pages
...interpretation is stated by JOHNSON, J., in Newell v. People ex rel. Phelps, 1 NY 9, 97, as follows: "Whether we are considering an agreement between parties,...thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the Urst resort, in all cases, is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and... | |
 | Robert Campbell - 1898 - 872 pages
...understanding of the contract in a given case." In Keicell v. People, 7 New York, 97, the Court say: " Whether we are considering an agreement between parties,...constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing we arc to seek is the thought which it expresses," citing the first principal case, and pronouncing Sir... | |
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