 | Australia. High Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 818 pages
...Acts of Parliament is that they should be con(l) 11 Cl. 4 F., 85, at p. 143. OF AUSTRALIA. 637 strued 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 themselves alone do in such case best declare... | |
 | Law - 1846 - 502 pages
...default: Held, a good plea to the count. Bourne v. Gatliff, 11 C. & F. 45. STATUTE. (Construction of.) The rule for the construction of acts of parliament is,...which passed the act. If the words of the statute are of themselves precise and unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to expound those words in... | |
 | Gifford - Law - 1996 - 237 pages
...principles of interpretation, for they are merely presumptions applied in cases of ambiguity in the statute: 'If the words of the statute are in themselves precise...unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to expound those words in their natural and ordinary sense.'17 The plain meaning rule is one of the most important... | |
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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. 
