 Coke («), to consider, 1. What was the law before the Act was passed ; 2. What was the mischief or defect for which the law had not provided ; 3. What remedy the Legislature has appointed ; and 4. The reason of the remedy.  Annual Reports of the War Department - Page 172by United States. War Department - 1901Full view - About this book
 | United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs, Charles Edward Magoon - 1902 - 822 pages
...consideration be given to (1) the surrounding facts and circumstances, ("2) the history of the enactment, (8) the elementary rule that construction is to be made...Turner, LJ, that the true meaning of a statute is to he found not merely from the words of the act, but from the cause and necessity of its being made,... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs, Charles Edward Magoon - 1903 - 832 pages
...people," placing upon the President of the United States the responsibility for each of such grants. by commission in executing it. To assist such officer...(3) what remedy the legislature has appointed, and (-i) the reason of the remedy. (See Heydon's case, 3 Kep., 7f>; 10 Rep., 73, note </.) Also, the equally... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs, Charles Edward Magoon - 1903 - 808 pages
...is: That it is necessary to consider (1) what was the law before the act was passed, (2) what Avas the mischief or defect for which the law had not provided,...(3) what remedy the legislature has appointed, and (1) the reason of the remedy. (See Heydon's case, 3 Rep., 70; 10 Rep., 73, note (t.) Also, the equally... | |
 | 1903 - 1068 pages
...necessary, according to Lord Coke, to consider: First, what was the law before the act was passed; second, what was the mischief or defect for which the law had not provided; and, fourth, the reason of the remedy. According to another authority the true meaning is to be found... | |
 | Wisconsin. Department of Insurance - 1903 - 992 pages
...interpreter, in order to understand the subject matter, scope, and object of the enactment, must ascertain what was the mischief or defect for which the law had not provided ; that is, he must call to his aid all those external or historical facts which are necessary for this... | |
 | James Edward Hogg - 1906 - 510 pages
...to the Patent Acts of 1883 and 1888: "We are to see what was the law before the Act was passed, and what was the mischief or defect for which the law had not provided, what remedy Parliament appointed, and the reason of the remedy ... a commission was appointed to inquire... | |
 | District of Columbia. Court of Appeals - 1908 - 680 pages
...in order to understand the subject-matter and the scope and object of the enactment, must ascertain what was the mischief or defect for which the law had not provided, that is, he must call to his aid all those external or historical facts which are necessary for this... | |
 | Edward Beal - 1908 - 766 pages
...571, at p. 573; 67 LJ 628, at p. 630, ' We are to see what was the law before the Act was passed, and what was the mischief or defect for which the law had not provided, what remedy Parliament appointed, and the reason of the remedy.' That is a general way of stating it... | |
 | 1917 - 900 pages
...repeated rule of Lord Coke in Heydon's case2 lays it down that to arrive at the real meaning of a statute it is necessary to consider: 1. What was the law before...for which the law had not provided? 3. What remedy has Parliament appointed? 'RSC 1906, c. 138. 1 3 Rep. 7 b. 4. The reason of the remedy. The rule has... | |
 | Sir Peter Benson Maxwell, Wyatt Wyatt-Paine - 1920 - 970 pages
...conception of the aim, scope, and object of the whole Act; to consider, according to Lord Coke (6), 1. What was the law before the Act was passed ; 2....for which the law had not provided; 3. What remedy Parliament has appointed; and 4. The reason of the remedy. According to another authority, " in order... | |
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