| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 904 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 i People... | |
| Henry Norris Copp - 1875 - 1000 páginas
...the road. The language is plain. The Supreme Court says 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. Blight, 2 Crancb, 358, 359. The construction... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1875 - 1184 páginas
...that " when1 :i '-• is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited tenu«, legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and «asequHDtly no room is left for construction." (Fisher re. Bright, 2 Cranch, 350, S»Ji The construction... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - 1876 - 854 páginas
...the people who adopted it, did not understand the force of language." They must "be intended to meun what they have plainly expressed, and no room is left for construction." People v. Prudy, 2 Hill, 35; SC, 4 id. 384; United States v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 399; Cooky's Const Lim.... | |
| Nevada. Supreme Court - 1877 - 1026 páginas
...States v. Fisher (2 Cranch, 358), the [*414] Supreme Court said: "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 luive plainly expressed, and consequently, no room ia left fur construction." Again the same court... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1890 - 658 páginas
...present. In United States v. Fixlter, 2 Cranch, 39!), it is said that when a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the legislature should be understood to mean what they plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction.... | |
| 1903 - 1116 páginas
...where a law Is expressed In plain and unambiguous terms, whether those terms are general or limited, the legislature should be Intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction. US v. Fisher, 2 Cranch. 358, 399, 2 L. Ed. 304; Doggett... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 758 páginas
...contemplates those debtors only who are accountable for public money. 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, I consequently, no room is left for construction. But if, from a view of the whole law, or from i other... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1884 - 1012 páginas
...law is plain and unambiguous, whether expressed in general or limited terms, the legislature shall be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and no room is left for construction. 2. OFFICIAL TERMS— Vacancies.— Under the constitution and laws of this state, county, municipal... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1889 - 774 páginas
...expressed in plain and unambiguous terms, whether those terms are general or limOpinion of the Court. ited, the legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction. United States v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 358, 399 ; Doggett... | |
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