 ... a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings; 16. Words and phrases must be construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar...  Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 4by Michigan. Supreme Court, George C. Gibbs, Randolph Manning, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, William Jennison, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Dudley Fuller, Hovey K. Clarke, John Adams Brooks, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell - 1920Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office - Attorneys general's opinions - 1915 - 396 pages
...clause 3 of section 4 of chapter 8 of the Revised Laws that — Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood... | |
 | Kentucky - Law - 1851 - 548 pages
...contrary, its provisions are to be liberally construed, with a view to promote its objects. § 17. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of language ; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate... | |
 | Kentucky - Session laws - 1851 - 544 pages
...contrary, its provisions are to be liberally construed, with a view to promote its objects. § 17. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of language ; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate... | |
 | Utah (Ter.) - Law - 1852 - 290 pages
...be extended to females. All words and phrases shall be construed according to the context, and the approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, shall be construed according... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1853 - 702 pages
...the Rev. Sts. c. 2, § 6, that in the construction of statutes, all words and phrases, not technical, shall be construed and understood, according to the common and approved usage of the language. The words " suspect," and " believe " are not technical words, and have VOL. v. 32 Commonwealth v.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1856 - 886 pages
...intent of the legislature, or repugnant to the context of the same statute, that is to say : First — All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the approved and common usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may... | |
 | District of Columbia - Law - 1857 - 788 pages
..."person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals. Second. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood...language ; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood... | |
 | Massachusetts - Law - 1860 - 1158 pages
...statute, that is to say: First. Words and phrases' shall be construed according to the com- Words and mon a WI , f%y/B<\ ȊQ Q x F } v / M9 _ u (ܔK 3; ^ others as may have acquired a peculiar and appro- fording to " * priate meaning in the law, shall be... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - Legislative journals - 1861 - 876 pages
...in the lirst sub-division of that section is as follows: "All words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the...language, but technical words and phrases and such as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - Michigan - 1861 - 536 pages
...in the first sub division of that section is as follows: "All words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases aud such as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, suall be construed and understood... | |
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