 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...the surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street with a fit. *5. 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... | |
 | Bible - 1878 - 826 pages
...command may be ascertained, if doubtful, by consulting the reason for its existence. Blackstone says, " 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... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1865 - 652 pages
...interpret the sense of their formulas, very contrary to Sir William Blackstone's celebrated rule : " The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law, where the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it, or the cause which... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - Abandonment of property - 1866 - 52 pages
...view of all their provisions taken together, the courts can see the legislature designed to provide. " The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law," says Mr. Justice BLACKSTONE, " is by considering the cause which moved the legislator to enact... | |
 | William Giles Goddard - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1870 - 606 pages
...will of the people, when required to decide whether the law is in conformity with the Constitution. " The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law," (says Judge Blackstone,) " when words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1872 - 776 pages
...*^° ^u*' 1а8^У' ^е most universal and effectual way of discovering "• J 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. (20) For when this reason ceases, the law itself ought likewise... | |
 | India, Fendall Currie - Criminal law - 1872 - 1084 pages
...literally understood, we must a little deviate from the received sense of them. Reason and Spirit. But the most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of the law when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason or spirit of it, or the cause which... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 738 pages
...received milted to wander beyond this orbit, where is lie to be , sense of them. " Reason and spirit nfthe law — The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of law, ...., „ „„ .„„..„, _ when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason the exercise... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Simmons - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1873 - 572 pages
...signification, if literally understood, we must a little deviate from the received sense of them. And 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... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 764 pages
...words can be made by the application of arbitrary rules." (Const. Lim., 7 ed., 95). And Blackstone: "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... | |
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that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity," was held after long debate not to extend to the surgeon, who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street with a fit. 5. But, lastly, the most universal and... 
