| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 páginas
...be restrained by particular words in a subsequent clause of the same statute, and the whole ought to be so construed, that, if it can be prevented, no...word shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant. 4 Sac. Abr. 645. The declaration is bad in stating the body politic to be in custody of the marshal.... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, William Munford - 1812 - 692 páginas
...statute was deemed necessary to be made in favour of the next of kin. It is a sound rule of construction that, if it can be prevented, no clause, sentence, or word, shall be rendered superfluous, void, or insignificant.(a) In the case before us it (a}6Bac.SSo. is difficult... | |
| New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1917 - 840 páginas
...Railroad Co. v. Commissioners of Railroad Taxation, 37 XJL 228. The statute ought, upon the whole, to be so construed that, if it can be prevented, no clause,...word shall be superfluous, void or insignificant. James v. DuBois, 16 .VJL 286. To give the word "now" in section 2 its generally accepted meaning, which... | |
| 1817 - 536 páginas
...be a sufficient apology for their unconstitutionally. Secondly: "a statute, on the whole, ought to be so construed, that, if it can be prevented, no...clause, sentence or word shall be superfluous, void or insiijnificant." 1< Shower. 108. If the exposition adopted by the legislature, be the true one, the... | |
| New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1839 - 658 páginas
...Bac. Mr. tit. Stat. I.) But then there is another rule; viz. that a statute ought upon the whole, to be so construed, that if it can be prevented, no clause sentence or word,shall be superfluous,void or insignificant, (6 Bac. Mr. tit. Stat. 1. page 380. Section 2.) Let... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 572 páginas
...it were, a key to open the understanding thereof : " Fifthly, " A statute ought, upon the whole, to be so construed, that, if it can be prevented, no...word, shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant : " Sixthly, "' Where words in a statute are express, plain, and clear, the words ought to be understood... | |
| George Shall Yerger, Tennessee. Supreme Court - 1833 - 640 páginas
...assumpsit. As to the plea of the statute in debt, see 1 Chitty, 476, form 2 Chitty, 519. A statute should be so construed, that if it can be prevented, no clause,...word, shall be superfluous, void or insignificant. 6 Bacon, 380. If divers statutes relate to the same thing, they ought all to be taken into consideration... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 páginas
...the bank. It is a cardinal rule in the construction of statutes, that they must be so interpreted, that if it can be prevented, no clause, sentence or word, shall be superfluous, void or In. significant— (Dwarris on Statutes, 658.) We think it entirely practicable, to give effect to... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - 1842 - 830 páginas
...be rejected, since a meaning can properly be given to it : and " a statute ought, upon the whole, to be so construed, that, if it can be prevented, no...word shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant:" Bac. Abr. Statute (I). 2. " The rehearsal or preamble of the statute is a good means to find out the... | |
| Great Britain, William Mockler - 1842 - 304 páginas
...a list of some of the principal exemptions under English and Irish Acts, (c) Post, p. l0. whole, to be so construed, that if it can be prevented, no clause,...word, shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant; and if a particular thing be given or limited in the preceding part of a Statute, this shall not be... | |
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