 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, John Worth Kern, Francis Marion Dice, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Missouri Bar Association - Bar associations - 1908 - 330 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." And "from this method of interpreting laws by the reason of them, arises what we call equity." Those... | |
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