 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 Pacific Reporter - Página 3591910Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Edmund Burke - 1853 - 876 páginas
...In Bacon's Abridgement, title " Statute," it is 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 makers." And, again, " the construction to be put upon a statute is that which best answers the intention of... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1842 - 672 páginas
...the meaning of the words." • • 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." Bac. Mr. tille Stat. page 648. VOL. III.— 27 / TOWNLEY adsm. THE STATE. That the word "liquor" in... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court, Asa Aikens - 1827 - 440 páginas
...within the letter shall be considered within the meaning; for a case which is within the intention, is as much within the statute, as if it were within the letter ; and a case which is within the letter, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention. (Plowd.... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1828 - 452 páginas
...contrary to the letter of the statute. A thing which is within the intention of the maker of a statute, is as much within the statute, as if it were within...letter; and a thing which is within the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers. (Vac. Mr. tit.... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - 1830 - 654 páginas
...Legislature is to be resorted to in order to discover their meaning: that a thing within the intention, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter ; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, if contrary to the intention of it; that such a construction... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1879 - 846 páginas
...best answer the intention which the makers had in view ; and a thing which is within the letter of a statute, is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. And a statute will sometimes receive such equitable construction as is contrary to the letter. These... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1881 - 748 páginas
...through some other instrumentality. 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. 4 Boo. Abr. 648 (Slat. I. f Jfi) ; Gates v. National Bank, 100 US 839. The complainants are not entitled... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1833 - 1072 páginas
...within it, must not only be within the literal sense of the enacting words, but within the intent. A thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intent of the maker; Bacon Mr. tit Statutel. 5.; Bridger v. Eidiardsan (a) ; and the construction ought... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1833 - 636 páginas
...answer the intention which the makers had in view; and that a thing which is within the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers. The $54,000, which in the former report was added to the annual average amount of tickets which the... | |
 | 1833 - 604 páginas
...drive the cattle into the county where the manor lies ; so that a thing which is within the letter is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the framers. Upon the whole of this case, seeing that by the mercantile law one partner of a mercantile... | |
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