 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs - 1916 - 1542 páginas
...where 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; * * " statutes should receive a sensible construction... | |
 | United States. Public Health Service - 1916 - 248 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." Hamilton v. Rathbone (175 US, 414, 421): " The cases... | |
 | United States - 1916 - 1266 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," said Mr. Justice Lámar, in an opinion frequently quoted.... | |
 | Thomas Johnson Michie - 1917 - 1144 páginas
...thwart the legislative intent. Ex parte Florence, 78 Ala. 419. '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. Possible, or even probable, meanings, when one is plainly... | |
 | Otis Beall Kent - 1919 - 328 páginas
...where the 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 " [citing U. -S. v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 358-399 and Doggett... | |
 | 1927 - 1236 páginas
...is announced." [1] A general rule of construction is 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." Cooley on Constitutional Limitations (4th Ed.) 68.... | |
 | 1889 - 538 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 in left for construction. US v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 358, 399; Doggett v. Bailroad... | |
 | United States. Court of Customs Appeals - 1911 - 582 páginas
...also, where a law is expressed in plain, 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. * * * Words are the common signs that mankind make use... | |
 | 1898 - 1268 páginas
...nothmg will remain except to enforce It. 'Where a law Is plain and unambiguous, whether It be "xpressed In general or limited terms, the legislature should...Intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction.' Possible or even probable meanings, when one Is plainly... | |
 | 1922 - 1008 páginas
...each word is appropriately used. [8] 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... | |
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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. 
