| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1920 - 694 pages
...interpretation of section 243 of the Revenue act. In the interpretation and construction of statutes the primary rule is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature. All rules for the interpretation and construction of statutes of doubtful meaning have for their sole... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1848 - 660 pages
...same principle of construction, as in the construction of any other part of the law; the end of which is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature in the use of the repealing clause. Fixiher v. Cuckerell, 5 Monroe, 129; Whitman v. Hapgond, 10 Mass.... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1920 - 714 pages
...form." (Lewis' Sutherland on Stat. Const. — 2d ed. — sec. 352.) The object of construing a statute is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature. It is to be gathered from the necessity or reason for the enactment and the meaning of the words, enlarged... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - 1910 - 648 pages
...construction substitute a different time merely to correct defective legislation. The province of construction is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature, but its intention must he derived Paine Law — Partition. PAINE LAW— Continued. from the legislation... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1878 - 1044 pages
...and explicit in its terms. While in the construction of statutes the constant endeavor of the courts is, to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature, that intention must be gathered from the words used, unless a literal construction would involve a... | |
| 1920 - 956 pages
...1920.) 1. Statutes <3=H8I(I) — Intent to be ascertained. The principal object in construing a statute is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the Legislature. 2. Statutes «5= 1 84, 206, 225— Entire act, preexisting laws, and purpose considered on construction.... | |
| 1894 - 1208 pages
...legal warrant, franchise, or grant The primary object to be attained in the interpretation of statutes is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature, and this is to be determined upon a consideration of the entire aci, and the objects and purposes intended... | |
| United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1975 - 1030 pages
...the Penn Central compensation case, supra. However, while the fundamental rule in construing statutes is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature, this intention must be gathered from the language as expressed in the statute, and where the meaning... | |
| William John Tossell - 1920 - 734 pages
...and not having been repealed by the legislature? The great fundamental rule in construing statutes is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature. Where the language of the statute is of doubtful meaning, or where an adherence to the strict letter... | |
| William Lawrence Clark - 1909 - 524 pages
...It must always be borne in mind, however, that the primary rule as to the construction of statutes is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature. " The object of all interpretation and construction of statutes is to ascertain the meaning and intention... | |
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