 | Great Britain. State Trials Committee - 1898 - 796 sider
...In Bac. Abr. Statute, I, 5, it is said, that — " a thing which is within the letter of a statuteis 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 the... | |
 | 1900 - 1234 sider
...the makers of a statute is as much within the siatute as If it were within the letter, and a tiling which is within the letter of the statute is not within...unless it be within the intention of the makers. The makers of laws do not always express their intention perfectly, but either exceed it or fall short... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1900 - 1204 sider
...as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing which is within the letter is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. "The only rule," says Chief-Justice Tyndale, " for the construction of acts of parliament is that they should... | |
 | 1902 - 1310 sider
...the makers of a statute Is as much within the statute as if It were within the letter, and a tiling which Is within the letter of the statute is not within...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." In State v. Grimes... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - 1903 - 766 sider
...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...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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1903 - 626 sider
...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,...unless it be within the intention of the makers." Without going farther, numerous illustrations of this maxim are found in the reports of our own court.... | |
 | William Wheeler Thornton - 1909 - 484 sider
...much within the statute as if it were within the 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. These cases are gathered in Hawaii v. Manchiki, 190 US 197; 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 787; 47 L. Ed. 1016. We... | |
 | Ohio. Courts - 1910 - 750 sider
...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...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers, and such a construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be included." Numerous cases... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1910 - 876 sider
...United States, 143 US 457 (12 Sup. Ct. 511, 36 L. Ed. 226). "A thing which is within 'the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers." Jackson v. Collins, 3 Cow. (NY) 89. See, also, Ryegate v. Wardsboro, 30 Vt. 746; Murray v. Hobson,... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - 1911 - 776 sider
...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...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... | |
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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... 
