 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 American Law Register - Side 2111855Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | New York (State). Courts, Nathan Howard (Jr.), Rowland M. Stover - 1885 - 672 sider
...statute as if it were within the letter of the statute, and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers, and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded (Tonnele agt. Hall,... | |
 | 1885 - 544 sider
...upon the bond. It is a rule peculr arly applicable to the construction of penal statutes, that a thing within the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless within the intention thereof; and so too in the construction of remedial statutes, it is generally... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1885 - 912 sider
...the statute. It is a rule peculiarly applicable to the construction of penal statutes, that a thing within the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless within the intention thereof ; and so too in the construction of remedial statutes, it is generally... | |
 | 1900 - 1134 sider
...Intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as If It were within the letter. * * * A thing which is within the letter of a statute is...unless it be within the intention of the makers.' Вас. Abr. tit 'Statute,' I, 5." Id. 557. The object of a statute is to be regarded, and all parts... | |
 | 1886 - 944 sider
...not to be extended beyond cases clearly within both its letter and spirit. This rule is well settled: "A thing which is within the letter of a statute is...unless it be within the intention of the makers." 4 Bac. Abr. "Statutes," § 45. "Penal statutes are always to be strictly construed for the benefit... | |
 | 1915 - 1116 sider
...act? As to the first question suggested, the construction adopted is within the letter of tne act. But "a thing which is within the letter of a statute is...the statute unless it be within the intention of the mak373, 46 AU. 191 ; Opinion of the Justices, 86 NH 629, 33 Atl. 657, 1076 ; Bac. Abr. Statute (I)... | |
 | 1888 - 940 sider
...though that construction may seem contrary to the statute.' It is said a thing within the letter of the statute 'is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers, and such construction ought to be put on as does not suffer it to be eluded.' So, in Holl v. Deshler,... | |
 | 1886 - 800 sider
...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 be within the intention of the makers. And such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded: Bac. Abr. Stat. I,... | |
 | Charles L. Bonney - 1887 - 52 sider
...admitted that this bridge comus within the letter of the statute, but it is not within its meaning. A thing which is within the letter of a statute is...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... | |
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