 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 1030 pages
...the surgeon, who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street with a fit. 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... | |
 | Christopher Wolfe - Law - 1994 - 472 pages
...that way. For example, a prohibition against "drawing blood" need not be applied to doctors. Fifth, "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... | |
 | Bernard Reams - Law - 1994 - 632 pages
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 | William N. Eskridge - Law - 1994 - 460 pages
...recognized that gaps and ambiguities are inevitable in statutes. In resolving ambiguities, he urged that "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 ... [f]or when this... | |
 | Christopher Wolfe - Law - 1996 - 246 pages
...medical procedure. The absurdity of prohibiting the latter justified a narrower interpretation. 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 and spirit of it; or the cause which... | |
 | St. George Tucker, William Blackstone - Law - 2000 - 3301 pages
...be referred to the 100/. or to the ISQl.fer annum. The court of king's bench having S. 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... | |
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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... 
