| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1851 - 860 Seiten
...produce." Smith oi St. Co. Cons. 693, sec. 548. And the supreme court of the United States have held that where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be...expressed in general or limited terms, the legislature must be intended to mean what it has plainly expressed and consequently no room is left for construction.... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 Seiten
...clause — from whence it might be inferred that the intent of the legislature was otherwise. (a) And where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be...intended to mean what they have plainly expressed ; and in such case there is no room for construction. But if from a view of the whole law, the evident intention... | |
| South Carolina. Court of Appeals, James Albert Strobhart - 1848 - 616 Seiten
...Cra. 355, as superseding all other rules. It is, that where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether expressed in general or limited terms, the Legislature...what they have plainly expressed, and consequently there is no room left for constructioi^k The only remaining question is whether peas are included within... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 Seiten
...construction, than according (o the meaning.(c) The Supreme Court of the United States have held, that where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be...expressed in general or limited terms, the legislature must be intended to mean what it has plainly expressed, and con-. (a) Vattel, b. 2, c. 17, sec. 263.... | |
| 1851 - 1232 Seiten
...the Supreme Court, in United States^. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 399,) "whether it be expressed in general 01 limited terms, the legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and no room is left for construction." Now, here the legislature have, in plain and unambiguous terms,... | |
| United States. Attorney-General - 1852 - 788 Seiten
...law is plain and unambiguous," (say the Supreme Court, in United States vs. Fisher, 2Cranch, 399,) "whether it be expressed in general or limited terms,...intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and no room is left for construction." Now, here the legislature have, in plain and unambiguous terms,... | |
| Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1854 - 738 Seiten
...to admit of any interpretation other than that which they literally import. It has been said that " where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be...and consequently, no room is left for construction." Fisher v. Bligh, 2 Cranch 399 ; and that " the best rule by which to arrive at the meaning and intention... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 Seiten
...is more firmly established, or rests on more secure foundations, than the rule which declares, when a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, that the legislature shall be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no... | |
| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1858 - 718 Seiten
...this description, that an equitable or liberal interpretation may be allowed. The legislature shall be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed,...consequently no room is left for construction. (Sedgwick on Stat. and Const. Law, 379, note.) It has been well remarked, that " in cases where the intent of the... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - 1860 - 888 Seiten
...law is plain and unambiguous,' says the Supreme Court, (in United States vs. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 399,) 'whether it be expressed in general or limited terms,...legislature should be intended to mean what they have clearly expressed, and no room is left for construction.' " — (Opinions of Attorneys General, edition... | |
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