 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
 | 1913 - 1348 sider
...over the literal use of terms. Legislative acts fall within the rule, and It has been well said that a thing which Is within the letter of a statute Is...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... | |
 | 1915 - 1382 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... | |
 | 1915 - 1288 sider
...out its plans for housing the school children. We do not think the Legislature intended this result. A thing which is within the letter of a statute is...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... | |
 | Gustav Adolf Endlich - 1888 - 970 sider
...that interpretation does not €txpress the real intention. But it is another elementary rule, that a thing which is within the letter of .a statute is not within the statute unless it be also within the meaning of the Legislature (a), and the word?, if sufficiently flexible, must be construed... | |
 | 1904 - 1262 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. Riggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506, 509, 22 NE 188, 5 LRA 340, 12 Am. St. Rep. 819. The test in cases of this... | |
 | 1889 - 1064 sider
...of the statute, although such construction seems contrary to the letter of the statute. A thing that is within the letter of a statute is not within the...unless it be within the intention of the makers." In People v. Insurance Co., 15 Johns. 380, the rule is thus stated: "Such construction ought to be... | |
 | 1889 - 952 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. The writers of laws do not always express their intention perfectly, but either exceed it or fall short... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1890 - 1014 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. The writers of laws do not always express their intention perfectly, but either exceed it or fall short... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1891 - 1036 sider
...Coluxtt v. Bank, 119 NY 409. STATUTES — CONSTRUCTION. — A thing which ia within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of tbe makers of that statute: Bigg» v. Palmer, 115 NY 606; 12 Am. St. Rep. 819, and note as to the effect... | |
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