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" It is an elementary rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause and sentence of a statute. "
The Ontario Law Reports: Cases Determined in the Court of Appeal and in the ... - Page 113
1908
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 1

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....
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory ..., Volume 34

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...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Surrogates' Courts ..., Volume 5

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, —...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 71

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...
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Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska, Volume 39

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...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 58

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...
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Reports of Decisions in Probate, Volume 2

California. Superior Court (San Francisco). Probate Dept - Probate law and practice - 1902 - 614 pages
...great object of inquiry, and to this object technical rules to a certain extent are made subservient. It is a cardinal rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every part of a will. There is, perhaps, no rule of construction of wider application to wills, or which...
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The South Western Reporter, Volume 71

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...
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Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Volume 23

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...
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Ontario Weekly Reporter and Index-digest, Volume 10

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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