 | Law - 1888 - 1036 pages
...beneficial, restrictive or enlarging, of the common law,) four things are to be discerned and considered: (1) What was the common law before the making of the act? (2) What was the mischief and defect for which the common law did not provide? (3) What remedy the parliament hath resolved and appointed... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 1046 pages
...restoration, or enlarging of the common law, four things are to bo discussed and considered : — 1st. What was the common law before the making of the Act ? 2. What was the mischief and defect for which the common law did not provide ? 3. What remedy the Parliament hath resolved and appointed... | |
 | Taxation - 1953 - 1426 pages
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 | Law - 1954 - 344 pages
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That for the sure and true interpretation of all statutes in general (be they penal or beneficial, restrictive or enlarging of the common law), four things are to be discerned and considered. 1. What was the common law before the making of the act? 2.... 
