 | Massachusetts - 1836 - 1058 pages
...understood, according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. SECT. 6. In the construction of all statutes, the following rules shall be observed, unless such...inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, or repugnant to the context of the same statute, that is to say : Third. All words, purporting to give... | |
 | Michigan, Ira Mayhew - 1848 - 116 pages
...construction of this department: [See Revised Statutes, chapter 1, section 3, and subdivision 10 :] " In the construction of the statutes of this state,...rules shall be observed, unless such construction shall be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, that is to say : * * * * 10. The... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 548 pages
...the duties of according to law." CHAPTER V. CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES. In the construction of statutes the following rules shall be observed, unless such...inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature : 1851. § 2. The word "justice," or "justices," shall be construed as if the words "of the peace"... | |
 | Nova Scotia, Sir William Young - 1851 - 660 pages
...the revenue laws the following rules shall be observed, unless otherwise expressly provided for, or such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, or repugnant to the context, that is to say : the word " ship "or " vessel" shall include vessels of... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1857 - 828 pages
...sututca. c HO u "of (2.) SEC. 3. In the construction of the statutes of this State, jj ic f'ol| ow ing rules shall be observed, unless such construction...manifest intent of the Legislature, that is to say : 1. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage... | |
 | 1858 - 412 pages
...eslalr," arid the Code (Chap. 16, § 17, pp. 100-'l,) enacts that "in the construction of all statutes, the following rules shall be observed, unless such...inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature:" the words "personal fstatc'' shall include chattels, real, and such other estate as upon the death... | |
 | Michigan. Department of Public Instruction, Michigan Dept of Public Instruction - 1858 - 482 pages
...the construction of this Department : [See Compiled Laws, Chapter 1, Section 3, Subdivision 10 :] " In the construction of the statutes of this State,...rules shall be observed, unless such construction shall be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Legislature, that is to say: * * * * 10. The... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) - 1882 - 268 pages
...shall be construed as including alleys, lanes, courts, public squares, public places, and sidewalks, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the ordinance. NOTES. "The word ordinance, as applied to cities, shall be synonymous with the word by-law."... | |
 | 1884 - 1144 pages
...but does not include idiocy or «»ne,"Ue«ued. llllbeClllt}'. 33. In the construction of statutes, the following rules shall be observed, unless such...inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, or repugnant to the context of the same statute, that is ?,"¿"g Jut"" is to say : _********* ute »Oh... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). Board of Health (1872-1914) - 1890 - 134 pages
..."officer in charge of a department," as including all officers and boards having charge of departments, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the ordinance. PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES. CHAPTER 49. SECTION 1. No person shall throw into the harbor,... | |
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In the construction of the statutes of this state, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, that is to say 
