| Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 704 pages
...Municipality, we should disregard altogether the proviso to the seventh section, contrary to the well settled rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every part of a statute. We therefore fully concur in the opinion given by the district judge. Seghers v.... | |
| 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 588 pages
...to appellant's position; but we do not feel that we are at liberty to do either. It is an elementary rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause, and sentence of a statute. By giving effect to the word "and" does not render the clause... | |
| Amasa Angell Redfield - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 740 pages
...after the death of his widow; that the petition was, therefore, premature, and should be dismissed. It is a cardinal rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every part of a will. Heard «. Case, 23 How. Pi:, 516,— followed. Bevan ». Cooper, 72 jV. Y., 317, —... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1164 pages
...would be to render the words so Inserted without force, a holding not In harmony with the elementary rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause, and sentence of a statute. And, the tax being for the fiscal year, to make the provision... | |
| Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1008 pages
...different meanings, the sense in which it is used is to be gathered from the context. It is an elementary rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause, and sentence of a statute. In other words, a statute must receive such construction as... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1288 pages
...different meanings, the sense In which It is used is to be gathered from the context. It Is an elementary rule of construction that effect must be given. If possible, to every word, clause, and sentence of a statute. In other words, a statute must receive such construction as... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1256 pages
...clause, and hence did not destroy that part of the granting clause with respect to "her bodily heirs." It Is a cardinal rule of construction that effect must be given to all parts of an instrument, if possible, and that courts will not so construe an instrument as to... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1014 pages
...different meanings, the sense in which it is used is to be gathered from the context. It is an elementary <" ) kq # G g9 L s, 5 lT9 ß Z]4p, ݏ 4 ( ? vD word, clause, and sentence of a statute. In other words, a statute must receive such construction as... | |
| Ontario - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1204 pages
...concluding words of the devise of the realty — that she may " sell (it) and use the money as •£he thinks best," there would be no room for the contention...is possible, by putting upon other portions of the documents any reasonable construction, to remove apparent inconsistencies and make them effective.... | |
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