 | 1851 - 670 Seiten
...The true rule for the construction of a statute is, as Parke, B. lays down in Becke v. Smith (12), "to adhere to the ordinary meaning of the words used...at variance with the intention of the legislature or leads to any manifest repugnancy." The question is, what was meant by the word "receive" as applied... | |
 | 1850 - 702 Seiten
...is, to adhere to the ordinary meaning of the words and to the grammatical construction, unless it be at variance with the intention of the legislature...collected from the statute itself, or leads to any manifest absurdity or repugnance, in which case the language may be modified to avoid such inconvenience,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Charles James Gale - 1838 - 284 Seiten
...subject was incorrect; and upon consideration, we all agree that it was. It is a very useful rule (5), in the construction of a statute, to adhere to the...collected from the statute itself, or leads to any manifest absurdity or repugnance, in which case the language may be varied or modified, so as to avoid... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - 1838 - 760 Seiten
...the ordinary meaning and plain grammatical construction of the acts of parliament referred to, unless at variance with the intention of the legislature, to be collected from the statutes themselves ; that the construction contended for by the defendant in error (independently... | |
 | 1831 - 600 Seiten
...down by my brother Parkc in 2 M. & W. 193, \ia very useful one, and in which I entirely concur. It is, to adhere to the ordinary meaning of the words used, and to he grammatical construction, unless that is nt variance with the intention of Legislature to be col-... | |
 | John Monson Carrow - 1845 - 784 Seiten
...construction of a statute is laid down in the case of Becke \. Smith (c), where Parke, B., says, " It is a very useful rule in the construction of a...collected from the statute itself, or leads to any manifest absurdity or repugnance, in which case the language may be varied or modified so as to avoid... | |
 | Alfred Septimus Dowling, Great Britain. Bail Court, John James Lowndes - 1849 - 868 Seiten
...the case of Beche v. Smith (a), Parke, B., states the rule in the construction of a statute to be, " to adhere to the ordinary meaning of the words used,...collected from the statute itself, or leads to any manifest absurdity or repugnance, in which case the language may be varied or modified, so as to avoid... | |
 | 1849 - 608 Seiten
...on the admission also (for that is a different thing). Unless this construction can be shewn to be at variance with the intention of the Legislature to be collected from other parts of the Act, or would lead to some manifest injustice, we might moderate the language so... | |
 | 1849 - 734 Seiten
...the fee due on admittance also, for that is a different fee. If this construction can be shown to be at variance with the intention of the Legislature, to be collected from other parts of the act, or would lead to some manifest injustice, we might see if the language of the... | |
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It is a very useful rule in the construction of a statute to adhere to the ordinary meaning of the words used, and to the grammatical construction, unless that is at variance with the intention of the Legislature to be collected from the statute itself,... 
