 The intention of the legislature is to be collected from the words they employ. Where there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction.  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of ... - Página 83por 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 - 1867Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1820 - 620 páginas
...the legislature is to be collected from the words they employ. Where there is no ambiguity in 1820. the words, there is no room for construction. The...justify a Court in departing from the plain meaning of erser. wor(js^ especially jn a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1820 - 662 páginas
...the legislature is to be collected from the words they employ. Where there is no ambiguity in 1820. the words, there is no room for construction. The case must be a strong one indeed, which would jus_ tify a Court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search... | |
 | 1830 - 522 páginas
...obviously used them, would comprehend. Their intention is to be collected from the words they employ. If there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction. The Court cannot depart 1830.] JUDGE BALDWIN'S CHARGE. 317 from the plain meaning of a penal act of Congress,... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 páginas
...is to be collected from the words they (a) The United Statei v. Wilterbergcr, 5 Wheat. 76. 109 use. Where there is no ambiguity in the words, there is...justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of the words, especially in penal acts, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest.... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 páginas
...legislature is to be collected from the words they (a) The United States v. Wilterberger, 5 Wheat. 76. use. Where there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction. The case must be a stron; one indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of the words, especially... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1854 - 684 páginas
...taken in their natural sense, and ordinary signification and import [The United States t». Morris.] there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room...construction. The case must be a strong one indeed to justify a Court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1858 - 1012 páginas
...used them, would comprehend. The intention of the legiilature is to be collected from the words the} employ. Where there is no ambiguity in the words,...of words, especially in a penal act, in search of reason that every man shofllcl be able to know certainly when he is guilty of a crime,1 statutes which... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1858 - 710 páginas
...would comprehend." The intention of the legislature is to be collected from the words they employ. When there is no ambiguity in the words there is no room for construction. In Sickles v. Sharp, (13 John. 497,) Spencer J., says, " The rule that penal statutes are to be construed... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1908 - 714 páginas
...CONSTRUCTION. in interpreting statutes the words used are to be taken in their usual meaning, and if there is no ambiguity in the words there is no room for construction 31.2 what is included within clause I of section 2 of Municipal Court act, giving such courts jurisdiction... | |
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