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" No doubt, all penal statutes are to be construed strictly, that is to say, the court must see that the thing charged as an offence is within the plain meaning of the words used, and must not strain the words on any notion that there has been a slip, that... "
Statute Law: The Principles which Govern the Construction and Operation of ... - Page 246
by Edward Wilberforce - 1881 - 413 pages
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Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Containing All the ..., Volume 1

James Perronet Aspinall, James. A. Petrie - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 654 pages
...their Lordships necessary to say a few words as to this topic, which is so often pressed in argument. No doubt, all penal statutes are to be construed strictly,...there has been a slip, that there has been a casus omitsut, that the thing is so clearly within the mischief that it must have been intended to be included...
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The Jurisprudence of the Privy Council: Containing a Digest of All the ...

Jean Joseph Beauchamp, Great Britain. Privy Council - Civil law Canada - 1891 - 946 pages
...their Lordships necessary to say a few words as to this topic, which is so often pressed in argument. No doubt all penal statutes are to be construed strictly,...say, the court must see that the thing charged as an offense is within the plain meaning of the words used, and must not strain the words on any motion...
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A Treatise on the Construction and Effect of Statute Law: With Appendices ...

Henry Hardcastle - Law - 1892 - 758 pages
...acceptation would by thi" rulecomprehend. The Judicial Committee in The Gauntlet (1872), LE 4 PC 191, said: "No doubt all penal statutes are to be construed strictly—...•within the plain meaning of the words used, and the Court must not strain the words on any notion that there has been a slip or a casiis omissus, or...
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The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the ..., Volume 22

Ontario. High Court of Justice - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 806 pages
...Committee in The Gauntlet, LR 4 PC 184, in which James, LJ, in delivering the judgment said (p. 191) : " No doubt all penal statutes are to be construed strictly,...see that the thing charged as an offence is within theplain meaning of the words used, and must not strain the words on any notion that there has been...
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The Commonwealth Law Reports: Cases Determined in the High Court ..., Volume 5

Australia. High Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 976 pages
...315, at p. 32l'. Committee of the Privy Council in Dyke v. Elliott ; The Gauntlet HC OF A. (1): — "No doubt all penal Statutes are to be construed strictly,...say, the Court must see that the thing charged as SCOTT an offence is within the plain meaning of the words used, and CAWSEY must not strain the words...
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Cardinal Rules of Legal Interpretation

Edward Beal - Law - 1908 - 766 pages
...their lordships necessary to say a few words as to this topic, which is so often pressed in argument. No doubt all penal statutes are to be construed strictly,...say, the Court must see that the thing charged as au offence is within the plain meaning of the words used, and must not strain the words on any notion...
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The Commonwealth Law Reports: Cases Determined in the High Court ..., Volume 6

Australia. High Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 744 pages
...judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Dyke v. Elliot ; The Gauntlet (2) :— " ' No doubt all penal Statutes are to be construed strictly,...the words on any notion that there has been a slip or a casus omisnus, that the thing is so clearly within the mischief that it must have been intended...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 1

Sir William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1910 - 1274 pages
...authority to define crimes and ordain punishment (6). The true rule is that stated in the Gauntlet (c). ' No doubt all penal statutes are to be construed strictly...offence is within the plain meaning of the words used ; must not strain the words on any notion that there has been a slip, that there has been a casus omissus...
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Western Law Reporter (Canada) and Index-digest, Volume 25

Edward Betley Brown, L. S. Le Vernois, Esten Kenneth Williams - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1028 pages
...The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in The Gauntlet (1872), L. I?. 4 PC 1S4, at p. 191, said: "No doubt all penal statutes are to be construed strictly...charged as an offence is within the plain meaning of the word= used, and the Court must not strain words on anv notion that there has been a slip or a casus...
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Canadian Criminal Cases Annotated: A Series of Reports of ..., Volume 22

Criminal law - 1914 - 556 pages
...439, 17 Eng. Reps., at 377, said:— No doubt all penal statutes are to be construed strictly—that is to say, the Court must see that the thing charged...is within the plain meaning of the words used, and the Court must not strain words on any notion that there has been a slip or casus omissus, that the...
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