| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1823 - 856 pages
...required. Now, the meaning of particular words in acts of parliament, as well as other instruments, is to be found not so much in a strict etymological propriety...in popular use, as in the subject or occasion, on whiqh they are used, and the object that is intended to be attained. The meaning of the word " inhabitants"... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 972 pages
...particular words in acts of parliament" (to use the words of Abbott, CJ, in The Queen v. Hall (7),) "is to be found not so much in a strict etymological propriety...in the subject or occasion on which they are used." It is in this sense that the meaning of the word " passengers" is to bo here considered, and, so considered,... | |
| Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1836 - 1250 pages
...observed, that " the meaning of particular words in acts of parliament, as welt as in other instruments, is to be found, not so much in a strict etymological...used, and the object that is intended to be attained." Nevertheless, in construing acts of parliament, the court is bound to gire statntable effect to the... | |
| Sir William Mildmay - Election law - 1841 - 720 pages
...required. Abbott, CJ The meaning of particular words in acts of Parliament as well as other instruments, is to be found, not so much in a strict etymological..., and the object that is intended to be attained. The object of the Stat. 26 Geo. III, c. 38, appears to have been to unite respectability of character... | |
| Thomas James Arnold - Election law - 1846 - 848 pages
...observed, " The meaning of particular words in acts of parliament, as well as other instruments, is to be found not so much in a strict etymological propriety...used, and the object that is intended to be attained." It might be that more than one house in the same place had the same number ; or the numbers might be... | |
| Thomas James Arnold - Election law - 1846 - 846 pages
...observed, " The meaning of particular words in acts of parliament, as well as other instruments, is to be found not so much in a strict etymological propriety...used, and the object that is intended to be attained." It might be that more than one house in the same place had the same number ; or the numbers might be... | |
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