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" Act. If the words of the statute are in themselves precise and unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to expound those words in their natural and ordinary sense. The words themselves alone do in such case best declare the intention of the lawgiver. "
New Commentaries on Marriage, Divorce, and Separation as to the Law ... - Page 381
by Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1891
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 20

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 882 pages
...it. It appears to be but a particular application of the general rule thus stated by TINDALL, CJ : " The only rule for the construction of acts of parliament...the intent of the parliament which passed the act." And it is not new or peculiar here. Potter's Dwarris, 111. The last clause of the rule, relating to...
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme court of New ..., Volume 6

John Campbell Allen - 1879 - 606 pages
...for the construction of Acts of Parlia" ment " said Tindal, CJ, " is that they should bo con" strued according to the intent of the Parliament which " passed the Act. If the words of the statute are in them" selves precise and unambiguous, then no more can be " necessary than to expound the words in...
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Reports of cases decided in: afterw. determined by the ..., Issue 2, Volume 3

William Pugsley - 1880 - 716 pages
...in the Sussex Peerurjc ''•'*•,' in which he there states the law:— "My Lords, the only rule of construction of Acts of Parliament is, that they should be construed according the intent of the Parliament which passed the Act. If the words of the ••tatute are themselves...
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Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: Being a Treatise on ..., Page 776

Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1881 - 848 pages
...in recent times our courts have fully and explicitly disclaimed any such powers of interpretation. " The only rule for the construction of Acts of Parliament...the intent of the Parliament which passed the Act;" provided that the words be "sufficient to accomplish the manifest purpose of the Act" (a). In like...
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Statute Law: The Principles which Govern the Construction and Operation of ...

Edward Wilberforce - Government paperwork - 1881 - 494 pages
...construction of statutes. ture"The only rule for the construction of Acts of Parliament," says Tindal, CJ, "is that they should be construed according to the intent of the Parliament which passed them. If the words of the statute are in themselves precise and unambiguous, then no more can be necessary...
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In[dex] to the Laws of the Strait[s Settlements] from April 1867 to 28th ...

Straits Settlements - Law - 1882 - 258 pages
...of Lords says : — " The Rule for the construction of Statutes is that they should be construed1 ' according to the intent of the Parliament which passed...unambiguous, then no more can be necessary ' than to expound those words, in their natural and ordinary sense. The words them' selves do in such case best declare...
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A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated

Herbert Broom, Herbert Francis Manisty, Charles Francis Cagney - Legal maxims - 1884 - 1078 pages
...v. Mosiman, LK 4 Ex. Fin. 590; Arg., Story v. Clifton, 300 ; Carr Y. Royal Exchange Asi. 9 CB 110. is, that they should be construed according to the...unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to expound the words in their natural and ordinary sense. The words themselves alone do, in such case, best declare...
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Principles of Contract: Being a Treatise on the General Principles ..., Page 776

Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1885 - 844 pages
...in recent times our courts have fully and explicitly disclaimed any such powers of interpretation. " The only rule for the construction of Acts of Parliament...the intent of the Parliament which passed the Act; " provided that the words be " sufficient to accomplish the manifest purpose of the Act" (/). (e) The...
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Sessional Papers, Volume 24, Issue 17

Canada - 1891 - 604 pages
...in the Sussex Peerage, Cane, 11 Cl. & F. 143. Their unanimous opinion was delivered by CJ Tindale. " The only rule for the construction of acts of parliament is that they should be consti ued according to the intent of parliament which passed the act. If the words of the statute...
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The Jurisprudence of the Privy Council: Containing a Digest of All the ...

Jean Joseph Beauchamp, Great Britain. Privy Council - Civil law Canada - 1891 - 946 pages
...to as much weight as the rule which imposes it. GAUDET v. BROWN. "THE ARGUS" " THE HEWSON " ' 126. The only rule for the construction of Acts of parliament is that they shoudbe construed according to the intent of the parliament which passed the act. If the words of the...
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