| Kentucky - 1851 - 548 pages
...V. CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES. In the construction of statutes the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature : 1851. § 2. The word "justice," or "justices," shall be construed as if the words "of... | |
| Kentucky - 1851 - 544 pages
...V. CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES. In the construction of statutes the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature : 1851. § 2. The word "justice," or "justices," shall be construed as if the words "of... | |
| 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 - 1900 - 804 pages
...§ 2, 1 How. Stat., provides that the term "general election" means the election held in November, "unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature." There can be no doubt that the election in the spring of 1897 was in a sense a general... | |
| Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1857 - 828 pages
...In the construction of the statutes of this State, statutes. j],e following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Legislature, that is to say : 1. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according... | |
| Kansas - 1859 - 726 pages
...Sarrios 1. In the construction of the statutes of this Territory tac following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant to the context of the statute : First, The repeal of a statute does not... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 1314 pages
...language : but technical words according to their peculiar and Howard r. Harris. appropriate meaning, " unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature." Now there is no room for doubt as to the intention of the legislature in enacting the... | |
| Virginia - 1867 - 598 pages
...the rules of decision prescribed in the sixteenth chapter of the Code of Virginia shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature; and in addition to the rules of construction therein prescribed, the word "moneys" shall... | |
| Virginia - 1874 - 546 pages
...fifteenth chapter of the Code of Virginia of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature ; and in addition to the rules of construction therein prescribed, the word "moneys" shall... | |
| Virginia - 1875 - 518 pages
...fifteenth chapter of the Code of Virginia of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature; and in addition to the rules of construction therein prescribed, the word "moneys" shall... | |
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