 | William Burge - Comparative law - 1838 - 916 pages
...their legal sense, (f) unless the context contains a clear indication to the contrary, (if) Words in general are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical...sense, unless a clear intention to use them in another sense can be collected ; (K) and they are in all cases to receive a construction which will give them... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1855 - 804 pages
...used in their established legal acceptation, unless the contrary plainly appears ; and other words are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical...sense, unless a clear intention to use them in another sense can be collected from the context. 3d. The general rules for discovering the intentions of the... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1859 - 638 pages
...That favor or disfavor to the object ought not to influence the construction. " XVI. That words, in general, are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical...construction which will give to every expression some Affect, rather than one that will render any of the expressions inoperative ; and u( two modes of construction,... | |
 | Thomas Jarman - Wills - 1859 - 604 pages
...That favor or disfavor to the object ought not to influence the construction. (A) XVI. That words, in general, are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical...intention to use them in another can be collected, (I) and that other can be ascertained ; and they are, in all cases, to receive a construction which... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Civil law - 1862 - 550 pages
...may be had to such reference to assist the construction in case of ambiguity or doubt; 4. "Words, in general, are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical...give to every expression some effect, rather than one which will render any of the expressions inoperative ; and of two modes of construction that is to... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Civil law - 1862 - 538 pages
...Words 4. Words, in general, are to be taken in their ordinary capable of . , , . . , " two senses, and grammatical sense, unless a clear intention to...give to every expression some effect, rather than one which will render any of the expressions inoperative; and of two modes of construction that is to be... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1862 - 754 pages
...devisor makes his will ; as the state of his property, of his family, and the like." "XVI. Words, in general, are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical...are, in all cases, to receive a construction which Avill give to every expression some effect, rather than one that will render any of the expressions... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - Evidence (Law) - 1865 - 666 pages
...construction. " XVI. That words, in general, are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical set*. unless a clear intention to use them in another can be collected, and that other ran be ascertained ; and they are, in all cases, to receive a construction which will give to ewj expression... | |
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The words of a will are to be taken in their ordinary and grammatical sense, unless a clear intention to use them in another sense can be collected, and that other can be ascertained. 
