 | 1871 - 982 pages
...wisdom, now I believe universally adopted, at least in the Courts of law at Westminster Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all...words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the... | |
 | 1860 - 874 pages
...the rule now, I believe, universally adopted, at least in the courts of law at Westminster Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes and all written instruments, the grammatical and опиши v sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or repugnance,... | |
 | Ireland. High Court of Chancery - 1861 - 682 pages
...rule, now, I believe, universally adopted, at least "in the Courts of Law in Westminster Hall, that in construing " wills, and indeed statutes, and all...words is to be adhered "to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or repugnance, " or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument ; in which case "... | |
 | 1861 - 628 pages
...preceding page, adverts to what his Lordship laid down in Gray v. Pearson (b). Now if, in the present case, the " grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to," and if the adhering to such grammatical and ordinary construction in this case will not lead to any... | |
 | George Frederick Wharton - 1865 - 292 pages
...construction of instruments between parties, wills. &c., depends upon the intention of the parties, and the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to. unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnancy or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case... | |
 | George Frederick Wharton - 1865 - 296 pages
...construction of instruments between parties, wills, &c., depends upon the intention of the parties, and the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would load to some absurdity, or some repugnancy or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1865 - 692 pages
...Delano, for the defendants. BIGELOW, J. The safe practical rule for the construction oi wills, is, that the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless it would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument.... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1865 - 894 pages
...rule, now, I believe, universally adopted, at least in the Courts of Law in Westminster Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all...words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance, or inconsistency, with the rest of the instrument, in which case... | |
 | William Brown - 1869 - 900 pages
...from them (z). It is also a rule in the construction of statutes, that, The gramin the first instance, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - 1870 - 568 pages
...rule, now, I believe, universally adopted at least in the courts of law in Westminster Hall, that, in construing wills, and indeed statutes and all written...words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument ; in which case... | |
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Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,... 
