 | 1851 - 1232 páginas
...giving the rule, in the case of the United States vs. Fisher, that where a law is plain and unambiguous, the legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and that in such a case there is no room for construction. They hare annexed to this rule this single qualification... | |
 | 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 páginas
...than that which they literally import. It has been said that " where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms,...intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently, no room is left for construction." Fisher v. Bligh, 2 Cranch 399 ; and that " the best... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 páginas
...judicial action."f So, too, it is said, by the Supreme Court US : " Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms,...intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction."J Thus it is only when the language is ambiguous that... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1860 - 888 páginas
...'Where a 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...legislature should be intended to mean what they have clearly expressed, and no room is left for construction.' " — (Opinions of Attorneys General, edition... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1860 - 888 páginas
...'Where a 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, the legislature should be intended to mean wh.it they have clearly expressed, and no room is left for construction.' " — (Opinions of Attorneys... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1922 - 700 páginas
...and each word is appropriately used. This court has held that where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the legislature should be considered to have intended to mean what it has plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left... | |
 | Austin Abbott - 1864 - 602 páginas
...conclusive. (2 Cai. Cos., 151 ; 4 Johns., 359 ; 21 Wend., 316.) "Where a law is plain and unambiguous, the Legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction. (2 Cranch, 386-399 ; Bac. Abr* * Statute I., 2.) This... | |
 | Anthony L. Robertson - 1867 - 782 páginas
...clear and unambiguous language, it needs no interpretation beyond what is to be found in its letter. The legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed ; and, consequently, there is no room left for construction. (Fisher v. Bright, 2 Crunch, 358. Case v. Wildridge,... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 páginas
...particular case, nothing will remain except to enforce it. " Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms,...intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction."3 Possible or even probable meanings, when one is 1... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 páginas
...judicial action."* So, too, it is said, by the Supreme Court US : " Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms,...intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction." f Thus it is only when the language is ambiguous that... | |
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Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the Legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction. 
