 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.  Reports of Cases Determined in the Appeal and Chancery Divisions and ... - Page 23by New Brunswick. Supreme Court, Ward Chipman, Sir John Campbell Allen, Allen Otty Earle, Thomas Carleton Allen, George F. S. Berton, David Shank Kerr, George B. Seely, James Hannay, William Pugsley, Arthur I. Trueman, Esq George W. Allen, John L. Carleton (barrister-at-law), George Wheelock Burbidge, William Henry Harrison, Douglas King Hazen, Ernest Doiron - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 962 pages
...follows : " The only rule .for the construction of Acts of Parliament is that they should be construed according to the intent of the Parliament which passed...unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to expound these words in their ordinary and natural sense. The words themselves alone do in such case best declare... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1845 - 544 pages
...: — " The only rule for the construction of acte of Parliament is, that they should be construed according to the intent of the Parliament which passed...necessary than to expound the words in their natural and ordinary sense. The words themselves alone do, in such case, best declare the intention of the lawgiver.... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 814 pages
...the Judges: — The rule for the construction of Acts of Parliament is, that they should be construed according to the intent of the Parliament which passed the Act. If the words of the statute are of themselves precise and unambiguous, then no more cao be necessary than to expound those words in... | |
 | Law - 1848 - 558 pages
...remedy. The general rule for the construction of acts of Parliament is, that they should be construed according to the intent of the Parliament 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... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Real property - 1849 - 830 pages
...Parliament. — The only rule for the construction of Acts of Parliament is that they should be construed 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... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1851 - 552 pages
...143), says, "the only rule for the construction of acts of Parliament is, that they should be construed 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... | |
 | Bengal (India). Sadr Nizāmat 'Adālat, J. Carrau - Criminal law - 1853 - 1020 pages
...Tindal, chief justice, delivering the opinion of the judges, at page 439 of Broom's Legal Maxims : — ' If the words of the statute are in themselves •...necessary than " to expound the words in their natural and ordinary sense. , . • The words themselves alone do, in such case, best declare the • intention... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1853 - 520 pages
...be construed according to the intent of the parliament which passed the act. If the words of the act are in themselves precise and unambiguous, then no...necessary than to expound the words in their natural and ordinary sense. The words themselves, do, in such a case, best declare the intention of the lawgiver.... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1853 - 520 pages
...matter. " The only rule for the construction of acts of parliament is, that they should be construed according to the intent of the parliament which passed the act. If the words of the act are in themselves precise and unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to expound the words... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1856 - 798 pages
...construction. The very authority quoted by counsel aptly enforces this construction. " If the words of a statute are in themselves precise and unambiguous,...necessary than to expound the words in their natural and ordinary sense. In such case, the words themselves do best declare the intention of the law-giver."... | |
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