 It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute...  The New-York Legal Observer - Stran 289uredili: - 1849Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1912 - 1204 strani
...Endlich, in his excellent work on the Interpretation of Statutes, says that it is an elementary rule "that a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless it be also within the meaning of the Legislature;" and in illustration he says: "If a literal meaning had... | |
 | Charles L. Bonney - 1887 - 52 strani
...the letter of the statute, but it is not within its meaning. A thing which is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. In determining the meaning of a statute, we are not confined to its words, but may regard its purpose... | |
 | 1913 - 1348 strani
...Legislative acts fall within the rule, and It has been well said that a thing which Is within the letter of a statute Is not within the statute, unless It be within the Intention of the lawmakers." And In Gold v. Fite, 2 Baxt 248, 249, It Is said : "A thing which Is within the Intention... | |
 | 1912 - 1344 strani
...Interpretation of Statutes (page 33), says: 'But it is another elementary rule that a thing which Is within a letter of the statute Is not within the statute unless it be also within the meaning of the Legislature; and the words, If sufficiently flexible, must be construed... | |
 | 1904 - 1262 strani
...intent of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing which is within the letter of the statute...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. Riggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506, 509, 22 NE 188, 5 LRA 340, 12 Am. St. Rep. 819. The test in cases of this... | |
 | 1911 - 1320 strani
...within such intent are not within the letter. Hence, In construing statutes, It has been frequently held that a thing which Is within the letter of the statute...Is not within the statute unless It be within the Intent of the lawmakers." Delafield v. Brady, 108 NY 524, 529, 15 NE 428, 429. In Jacobson v. Mass,... | |
 | 1914 - 1282 strani
...the makers of a statute Is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, while a thing within the letter of the statute is not within the...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Statutes, Cent Dig. § 261; Dec. Dig. § 183.*] 7. STATUTES (§... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1936 - 1300 strani
...intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing which is within the letter of the statute, is not within the statute, unless it is within the intention of the makers." In Transit Comm. v. United States, 289 US 121, 125 : It (the... | |
 | 1915 - 1288 strani
...children. We do not think the Legislature intended this result. A thing which is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers (Riggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506, 509, 22 NE 188, 5 LRA 340, 12 Am. St. Rep. 819), and it would be difficult... | |
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