 But, lastly, the most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious is by considering the reason and spirit of it or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it.  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of ... - Page 73by 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 - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...discovering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and sfdrit of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it. For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with it. An instance of this is... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...discovering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it. For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with it. An instance of this is... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...discovering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it. For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with it. An instance of this is... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 694 pages
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 | William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...vering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it. (13) For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with it. An instance of this... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - Civil rights - 1839 - 556 pages
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 | Joel Parker - 1856 - 554 pages
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 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 770 pages
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 | John Potter Stockton - Equity - 1858 - 652 pages
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 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...discovering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it ; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it." For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise to cease with it. An instance of this is... | |
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