 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 782 pages
...depart from the word» of the statute. On this principle, the construction given by this court to the constitution and laws of the United States is received,...the same principle, the construction given by the courte of the several states to the legislative» acts of those states, is received as true, unies»... | |
 | Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1901 - 468 pages
...depart from the words of the statute. On this principle, the construction given by this court to the Constitution and laws of the United States is received...conflict with the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States." In the cases of Bellman and Swartwout in the Supreme Court, and in 'the trial of Aaron... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 764 pages
...legislative acts of that government. . . . On this principle, the construction given by this court to the Constitution and laws of the United States is received...same principle, the construction given by the courts to the legislative acts of those States is received as true, unless they come in conflict with the... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 556 pages
...depart from the words of the statute. On this principle, the construction given by this court to the constitution and laws of the United States is received by all as the true con496 Skelly v. Jeft'erson Branch State Bank of Ohio. struction ; and on the same principle the construction... | |
 | Viscount James Bryce - History - 2007 - 741 pages
...that government. ... On this principle i,he construction given by tJtus (the supreme) court to the Constitution and laws of the United States is received...principle the construction given by the courts of the various States to the legislative sets of those States is received as true, unless thay coi«e in conflict... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1352 pages
...depart from the words of the statute. On this principle, the construction given by this court to the constitution and laws of the United States is received...conflict with the constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. If, then, this question has been settled in Kentucky, we must suppose it to be rightly... | |
 | United States - 1852 - 940 pages
...construction than to depart from the words of the statute. On this principle, the contraction given to the constitution and laws of the United States is received by all as the rue construction ; and on the same principle, the construction given by the courts of the everal States... | |
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We receive the construction given by the courts of the nation as the true sense of the law, and feel ourselves no more at liberty to depart from that construction than to depart from the words of the statute. On this principle, the construction given... 
