The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 23John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1893 |
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... construed in the light of contemporaneous circumstances.1 cannot settle his property in trust for his own benefit. that the trust estate should not be sub- ject to debts of the latter , cannot be attached on execution against him ...
... construed in the light of contemporaneous circumstances.1 cannot settle his property in trust for his own benefit. that the trust estate should not be sub- ject to debts of the latter , cannot be attached on execution against him ...
Page 59
... construed strictly against the State and in favor of the grantee . Nothing was presumed beyond the letter of the grant.2 But this strict rule of construction was applied only where there was uncer- tainty or ambiguity in the terms of ...
... construed strictly against the State and in favor of the grantee . Nothing was presumed beyond the letter of the grant.2 But this strict rule of construction was applied only where there was uncer- tainty or ambiguity in the terms of ...
Page 65
... construed by the same rules as a private conveyance . All parts must be construed to- gether in order to ascertain boundaries , and effect must be given to every part if possible . A construction that gives effect to a patent is to be ...
... construed by the same rules as a private conveyance . All parts must be construed to- gether in order to ascertain boundaries , and effect must be given to every part if possible . A construction that gives effect to a patent is to be ...
Page 86
... construed like other statutes conferring privi- leges or exemptions on the citizen . The power to withdraw is commensu- rate with the power to confer , and when the privilege is withdrawn the citizen is remitted to the condition in ...
... construed like other statutes conferring privi- leges or exemptions on the citizen . The power to withdraw is commensu- rate with the power to confer , and when the privilege is withdrawn the citizen is remitted to the condition in ...
Page 88
... construed to extend to a suit prosecuted against a state by a citizen of a sister state ; but the authority of the case so deciding was abrogated by the Eleventh Amend- ment , which declares that " the judicial power of the United ...
... construed to extend to a suit prosecuted against a state by a citizen of a sister state ; but the authority of the case so deciding was abrogated by the Eleventh Amend- ment , which declares that " the judicial power of the United ...
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