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" Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice, presumably not intended, a... "
Opinions of the Judge Advocate General of the Army - Page 343
by United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General - 1919
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Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 104

South Carolina. Supreme Court, J. S. G. Richardson, Robert Wallace Shand, Cyprian Melanchthon Efird, William Hay Townsend, Duncan C. Ray, William Munro Shand - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 634 pages
...Interpretation of Statutes, sec. 73. At section 295, the same author says : Rep.] April Terra, 1916. not intended, a construction may be put upon it, which...the words, and even the structure of the sentence, (a) This is done, sometimes, by giving an unusual meaning to particular words; sometimes by altering...
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On the Interpretation of Statutes

Sir Peter Benson Maxwell - Law - 1875 - 500 pages
...language of a statute, in its plain and unequivocal meaning and ordinary grammatical construction, has led to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some palpable and evident absurdity or injustice, presumably not intended, a construction has been sometimes...
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Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 16

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1244 pages
...capital and Infamous crimes are not Doubtless, In some cases, where the language of a statute leads to an absurdity, hardship, or Injustice, presumably not Intended, a construction may be put upon It modifying the meaning of the words, so as to carry out the real intention; but where the intention...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 124

Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1164 pages
...text: "Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose...words, and even the structure of the sentence. This may be done by departing from the rules of grammar ; by giving an unusual meaning to particular words;...
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The Law of Limitation and Prescription (in British India): Including ...

Upendra Nath Mitra - Limitation of actions - 1885 - 778 pages
...guagefeads *ue language of a statute in its plain meaning and it°yaorsurd" grammatical construction leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some palpable absurdity or inconsistency, or to injustice and inconvenience. In such cases Judges deviate...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 102

Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1238 pages
...Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary meaning and grammatical construction, lends to я manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of...injustice, presumably not intended, a construction may bo put upon it which modifies the meaning oŁ the words, and even the structure of the sentence, <•...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 192

Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1312 pages
...says: 'Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose...enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, bardship, or injustice presumably not intended, 'a construction may be put upon it which modifies the...
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A Commentary on the Interpretation of Statutes

Gustav Adolf Endlich - Law - 1888 - 970 pages
...grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, dr to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice,...the words, and even the structure of the sentence (a). This is done, sometimes, by giving (a) Beeper Alderson, B.,in Atty- Wright v. Williams, 1 M. &...
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The Kentucky Law Reporter, Volume 15

Edward Warren Hines, William Pope Duvall Bush, John Cleland Wells, Frank L. Wells, Findlay Ferguson Bush, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, W. J. Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert McBeath - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 964 pages
...apparent purpose of the enactment, to inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice, not presumably intended, a construction may be put upon it which...of the sentence. This is done sometimes by giving unusual meaning to particular words; sometimes by altering their collocation, or by rejecting them...
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The South Western Reporter, Volume 24

Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1224 pages
...hardship or Injustice, not presumably intended,— a construction may be put upon it which moditics the meaning of the words, and even the structure of the sentence. This is done sometimes by giving unusual meaning to particular words, sometimes by altering tb.eir collocation, or by rejecting them...
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