 It is a cardinal rule of statutory construction that significance and effect shall, if possible, be accorded to every word. As early as in Bacon's Abridgment, sect. 2, it was said that 'a statute ought, upon the whole, to be so construed that, if it can...  The Pamphleteer - Page 197edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Court rules - 1812 - 486 pages
...may be restrained by particular words in a subsequent clause of the same statute, and the whole ought to be so construed, that, if it can be prevented,...word shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant. 4 Sac. Abr. 645. The declaration is bad in stating the body politic to be in custody of the marshal.... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, William Munford - Law reports, digests, etc - 1812 - 692 pages
...statute was deemed necessary to be made in favour of the next of kin. It is a sound rule of construction that, if it can be prevented, no clause, sentence, or word, shall be rendered superfluous, void, or insignificant.(a) In the case before us it (a}6Bac.SSo. is difficult... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 840 pages
...possible, full effect shall be given to all parts of the statute. Steel v. Freeholders of Passaic, 609 5. A statute ought upon the whole to be so construed...word shall be superfluous, void or insignificant. 76. See also GBADE CROSSINGS, 20, 22. 23, 25. STATUTES OF NEW JERSEY. Armories. Pamph. L. 1913, p.... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 536 pages
...not be a sufficient apology for their unconstitutionally. Secondly: "a statute, on the whole, ought to be so construed, that, if it can be prevented,...clause, sentence or word shall be superfluous, void or insiijnificant." 1< Shower. 108. If the exposition adopted by the legislature, be the true one, the... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 658 pages
...connection in which it stands, require it to be differently understood in the two places. Mi. 286 13, But a statute ought upon the whole, to be so construed, that, if possible no clause, sentence or word, shall be superfluous, void or insignificant. Ib 14, The word... | |
 | George Shall Yerger, Tennessee. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1833 - 640 pages
...assumpsit. As to the plea of the statute in debt, see 1 Chitty, 476, form 2 Chitty, 519. A statute should be so construed, that if it can be prevented, no clause,...word, shall be superfluous, void or insignificant. 6 Bacon, 380. If divers statutes relate to the same thing, they ought all to be taken into consideration... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - Law reports, digests, etc - 1840 - 816 pages
...the bank. It is a cardinal rule in the construction of statutes, that they must be so interpreted, that if it can be prevented, no clause, sentence or word, shall be superfluous, void or In. significant— (Dwarris on Statutes, 658.) We think it entirely practicable, to give effect to... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 830 pages
...extend. The word " aforesaid " cannot be rejected, since a meaning can properly be given to it : and " a statute ought, upon the whole, to be so construed,...word shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant:" Bac. Abr. Statute (I). 2. " The rehearsal or preamble of the statute is a good means to find out the... | |
 | Great Britain, William Mockler - Stamp duties - 1842 - 304 pages
...is given a list of some of the principal exemptions under English and Irish Acts, (c) Post, p. l0. whole, to be so construed, that if it can be prevented,...word, shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant; and if a particular thing be given or limited in the preceding part of a Statute, this shall not be... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1844 - 820 pages
...persons, shall," &c. This accords best with the rules, both of grammar and construction of statutes. " A statute ought, upon the " whole, to be so construed...word, shall be superfluous, void or " insignificant." 6 Bacon, 380, Wilson's Ed. t^Shower, 108. Rex v. Bcrchett, Hard. 344. To give it the construction contended... | |
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