 Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship, or injustice, presumably not intended,...  The Scots Law Times - Page 3371926Full view - About this book
 | South Carolina. Supreme Court, J. S. G. Richardson, Robert Wallace Shand, Cyprian Melanchthon Efird, William Hay Townsend, Duncan C. Ray, William Munro Shand - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 634 pages
...Interpretation of Statutes, sec. 73. At section 295, the same author says : Rep.] April Terra, 1916. not intended, a construction may be put upon it, which...the words, and even the structure of the sentence, (a) This is done, sometimes, by giving an unusual meaning to particular words; sometimes by altering... | |
 | Sir Peter Benson Maxwell - Law - 1875 - 500 pages
...or injustice, presumably not intended, a construction has been sometimes put upon it, which modified the meaning of the words, and even the structure of the sentence (a). Sometimes an unusual meaning has been given to particular words ; sometimes their collocation... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1164 pages
...the Intention" and presents a multitude of decisions supporting and illustrating the following text: "Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary...them altogether; or by interpolating other words." The American eases enunciating the same principles are too familiar to require citing. The English... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1190 pages
...that subject, the purpose to be accomplished, and the construction courts have given similar words. "Where the language of a statute, In its ordinary...words, and even the structure of the sentence. This Is done, sometimes by giving an unusual meaning to particular words ; sometimes by altering their collocation;... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1340 pages
...dealing with this subject, Mr. Endlich, in his work on Interpretation of Statutes (page 400, § 295), says: "Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary...words and even the structure of the sentence. This is done sometimes by giving an unusual meaning to particular words, sometimes by altering their collocation,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1312 pages
...contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, bardship, or injustice presumably not intended, 'a construction...modifies the meaning of the words and even the structure oŁ tlic sentence. This is done sometimes by giving an unusual meanins to particular words, sometimes... | |
 | Gustav Adolf Endlich - Law - 1888 - 970 pages
...grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, dr to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice,...the words, and even the structure of the sentence (a). This is done, sometimes, by giving (a) Beeper Alderson, B.,in Atty- Wright v. Williams, 1 M. &... | |
 | Edward Warren Hines, William Pope Duvall Bush, John Cleland Wells, Frank L. Wells, Findlay Ferguson Bush, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, W. J. Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert McBeath - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 964 pages
...apparent purpose of the enactment, to inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice, not presumably intended, a construction may be put upon it which...•words and even the structure of the sentence. This is done sometimes by giving unusual meaning to particular words; sometimes by altering their collocation,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1224 pages
...hardship or Injustice, not presumably intended,— a construction may be put upon it which moditics the meaning of the words, and even the structure of the sentence. This is done sometimes by giving unusual meaning to particular words, sometimes by altering tb.eir collocation,... | |
 | Law - 1908 - 252 pages
...is quite true that in interpreting a statute, to meet the obvious intention of the Legislature , " a construction may be put upon it which modifies the...the words and even the structure of the sentence" (See Maxwell on the Interpretation of Statutes, Chapter IX), but that is allowed only where the Court... | |
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