 | Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office - 1915 - 396 páginas
...the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. The popular use of the word "practical," as applied to various callings, as, a practical gardener,... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1839 - 476 páginas
...approved usage of the language, but con£mLd°* technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. Second, Every word importing the singular number only, may singular and extend and be applied to several... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 544 páginas
...the common and approved usage of language ; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. § 18. The word "grantor" may be construed as including every person from or by whom any freehold,... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 548 páginas
...the common and approved usage of language ; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. § 18. The word "grantor" may be construed as including every person from or by whom any freehold,... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1868 - 610 páginas
...to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning." The word in question had certainly acquired no peculiar meaning. That it was not techical, or used... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1896 - 784 páginas
...to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning." The commonly accepted definition of the word "child" is, " a son or a daughter; a male or female descendant... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1920 - 808 páginas
...to the common and approved usage of the language ; but technical words and phrases, and such as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning." It is said in a Corpus Juris Treatise entitled Workmen's Compensation Acts, in a note on page 41, as... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1909 - 790 páginas
...to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning." Certainly it would not be the common understanding from this title that the presence of a dead limb... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1856 - 886 páginas
...approved and common usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. Second — Every word importing the singular number only, may extend and be applied to one person or... | |
 | District of Columbia - 1857 - 788 páginas
...common and approved usage of the language ; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in...according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. Third. Words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons,... | |
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All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed... 
