 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell, Thomas Bell Monroe, John James Marshall, James Greene Dana, Benjamin Monroe, James P. Metcalfe, Alvin Duvall, William Pope Duvall Bush, John Rodman, Edward Warren Hines, Charles Cyrus Turner, Thomas Lewis Edelen, Thomas Robert McBeath, Robert G. Higdon, T. M. Jones, Amos Hall Eblen - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879
...and true interpretation of all statutes in general, four things are to be discerned and considered: 1. What was the common law before the making of the...the common law did not provide ; 3. What remedy the legislature hath resolved and appointed to cure the mischief ; 4. The true reason of the remedy. (Potter's... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - Law reports, digests, etc - 1832
...that the construction of the statute then under consideration before them must be made, "by inquiring what was the mischief and defect against which the common law did not provide? what remedy the Parliament had appointed to »• " cure the disease of the common wealth? and what... | |
 | Edward Erastus Deacon, Great Britain. Court of Review, Edward Chitty - Bankruptcy - 1833
...there are four things to be considered in the interpretation of statutes, be they penal or beneficial. 1. What was the common law before the making of the act. 2, What was the mischief and defect, which the common law did not provide for. 3. What remedy the legislature has provided ; and 4. The... | |
 | Edward Erastus Deacon - Bankruptcy - 1833
...there are four things to be considered in the interpretation of statutes, be they penal or beneficial. 1. What was the common law before the making of the act. 2. What was the mischief and defect, which the common law did not provide for. 3. What remedy the legislature has provided ; and 4. The... | |
 | Ireland. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843
...and considered, — " first, what is the common law before the making of " the Act ? — secondly, what was the mischief and defect against which " the common law did not provide ? — thirdly, what remedy the Parlia•• nil-lit hath resolved and appointed to cure the disease... | |
 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1845 - 944 pages
...be discussed and considered : — " I. What was the Common Law before the making of the Act ? " II. What was the mischief and defect against which the Common Law did not provide ? " III. What remedy the Parliament hath resolved and appointed to cure the disease of the Commonwealth... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1846
...penal or beneficial, restrictive or enlarging of the common law, four things are to be considered , 1, What was the common law before the making of the...against which the common law did not provide; 3, What is the remedy ; 4, The true reason of the remedy. 3 Co. Rep. 7. At common law, there was no review... | |
 | John Raymond (of the Middle Temple.) - 1846
...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... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - Church management - 1857 - 682 pages
...for the interpretation of all Statutes : — " 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... | |
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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.... 
