 | Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office - 1915 - 396 pages
...authority having charge of such water plant in such city or town. RL, c. 8, § 5, cl. 16, provides that the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate. It is my opinion that the authorization of the board of selectmen would be entirely sufficient. If,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Commissioners on Criminal Law - 1844 - 448 pages
...(4) Rev. Stat. c. 2, a. 6. The thirteenth rule in the Revised Statutes, (c. 2, s. 6,) provides that the word " person may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate." This provision does not reach the words and phrases "another," "others," "any," "any one," " any body,"... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 pages
...305. It is, notwithstanding, specially provided, in the Revised Statutes of some of the States, that " the word person may extend, and be applied to bodies...politic and corporate, as well as to individuals." Thus in the general provisions in the Revised Statutes of Massachusetts (ch. 2, s. 6.) Undoubtedly,... | |
 | Vermont - 1851 - 838 pages
...an oath, and in like cases, the word sworn shall be construed to include the word affirm. SECT. 11. The word person may extend and be applied to bodies...politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. SECT. 12. The words preceding and following, when used by way of reference to any section of these... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 544 pages
...word importing the masculine gender only, mav extend and be applied to females as well as nifiles; and the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, and the public generally, as well as individuals. law, shall be construed to... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 548 pages
...word importing the masculine gender only, may extend and be applied to females as well as males ; and the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, and the public generally, as well as individuals. law, shall be construed to... | |
 | 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 - 1917 - 824 pages
...the rule of construction (1 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] § 2, subsec. 12 [1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 64]) which provides: "The word 'person' may extend and be applied...politic and corporate, as well as to individuals." Our determination as to the meaning of the word "person" as employed in these statutes is in harmony... | |
 | 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 - 1886 - 730 pages
...as a person, and the statute prescribing the rules for the construction of statutes provides that " the word 'person' may extend and be applied to bodies...politic and corporate, as well as to individuals." How. Stat. <j 2, subd. 12. This construction is consistent with the manifest intent of the Legislature,... | |
 | New Hampshire - 1854 - 712 pages
...expressed, and the word " year " shall be equivalent to the expression " year of our Lord." SEC. 8. The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies...politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. SEC. 9. Whenever the seal of any court or public office is required to be affixed to any paper, the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1856 - 886 pages
...oath, and in like cases the word " sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed." Tenth — The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals. Eleventh — The words " preceding" and " following" shall be construed to mean the section next preceding... | |
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person' may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals. 
