 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 982 pages
...and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,...as to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency but no further. This is laid down by Mr. Justice Burton in a very excellent opinion, which is to be found... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 1052 pages
...grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,...words may be modified so as to avoid that absurdity or inconsistency, but no further. This is laid down by Mr. Justice Burton in a very excellent opinion... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Wills - 1865 - 894 pages
...ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance, or inconsistency, with the rest of the...to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further." " The expression, that the rule of construction is to be the intention of the testator, is... | |
 | William Brown - Entail - 1869 - 900 pages
...and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,...to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further" (y). The grammatical con(«) Per Lord Denman, 4 QB 6 H. of L. Cas. 106. 349. (x) Per Bramwcll,... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 568 pages
...ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument...modified, so as to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, hut no further." "When, indeed (p. 108), by any course of decisions words have acquired a particular... | |
 | Law - 1882 - 624 pages
...and ordinary sense of the word is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,...words may be modified, so as to avoid that absurdity aud inconsistency, but no further.'" 'III. Professor Dwight says next : " A great and vital defect... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 552 pages
...ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument...to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further. This is laid down by Justice Burton, in a very excellent *opinion which is to be found in... | |
 | Edward Blackburne - Statesmen - 1874 - 372 pages
...or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the grammatical and ordinary Bouse of the words may be modified, so as to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, and not further." i.] BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. 3 they do unite as brethren, and love one another as I have... | |
 | Robert Donnell - Land tenure - 1876 - 574 pages
...ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,...to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further." This is laid down by Mr. Justice Barton, in a very excellent opinion, which is to be found... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 702 pages
...and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,...to avoid that absurdity and inconsistency, but no further " — and proceeds to consider whether a literal construction of the words would be absurd... | |
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Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,... 
