 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1845 - 544 pages
...be, Remarks in • r. Slim v- tVUthat, where the words of any written instrument are tree •»»• from ambiguity in themselves, and where external circumstances...those words to claimants under the instrument, or the subject-matter to which the instrument relates, such instrument is always to be construed according... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - Contracts - 1847 - 988 pages
...what is the meaning of the words he has used.(^) And " when the words of any written instrument are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where external...always to be construed according to the strict plain and common meaning of the words themselves ; and evidence dehorn the instrument for the purpose of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 646 pages
...565) said : — " The general rule I take to be that, where the " words of any written instrument are free from ambiguity in " themselves, and where external...words to " claimants under the instrument, or the subject-matter to which the " instrument relates, such instrument is always to be construed " according... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1852 - 616 pages
...general rule, observes a learned judge, I take to be, that, where the words of any written instrument are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where external...those words to claimants under the instrument, or the subject-matter to which the instrument relates, such instrument is always to be construed according... | |
 | Solomon Atkinson - Contracts - 1853 - 562 pages
...*a^ down 'JV 2%Mferf, CJ, in Lady Heiuley's case (h): " Where the words of any written instrument are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where external...those words to claimants under the instrument, or the subject-matter to which the instrument relates, such instrument is always to be construed according... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1854 - 622 pages
...written instrument are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where external circumstances *do not r*i"ni create any doubt or difficulty as to the proper application...those words to claimants under the instrument, or the subject-matter to which the instrument relates, such instrument is always to be construed according... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Contracts - 1855 - 1120 pages
...instrument written are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where external circumcontract. 8tances do not create any doubt or difficulty as to the proper...those words to claimants under the instrument, or the subject-matter to which the instrument relates, such instrument is always to be construed according... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - Evidence - 1862 - 776 pages
...Lords, that of Shore vs. Wilson, 'I take to be, that where tJie words of any written instrument are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where external...doubt or difficulty as to the proper application of these words to claimants under the instrument, or as to the subject-matter to which the instrument... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1866 - 756 pages
...doctrine as follows : " The general rule I take to be, that where the words of any written instrument are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where external...those words to claimants under the instrument, or the subject-matter to which the instrument relates, such instrument is always to be construed according... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 652 pages
...court. Where the words of any written instrument are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where the external circumstances do not create any doubt or difficulty as to the proper application of the words to the claimants under the instrument, or the subject-matter to which the instrument relates,... | |
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The general rule I take to be, that where the words of any written instrument are free from ambiguity in themselves, and where external circumstances do not create any doubt or difficulty as to the proper application of those words to claimants under... 
