 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 804 pages
...ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural significance of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument Iftive placed them. If, thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which iifvolves no absurdity... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 770 pages
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 774 pages
...the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If thus regarded the words embody a definite meaning, which involves no absurdity, and no contradiction... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 724 pages
...Cooley's Constitutional Limitations, (7th ed. p. 91,) is as follows: "To ascertain the meaning of the constitution the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words used, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers have placed them, and if, thus... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 700 pages
...the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them." (Newell v. People, 7 NY 9 ; 6 RCL 842. ) A contract must be construed as a whole, and the intention... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1862 - 612 pages
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed. If thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which VOL. XXIII. 2 Downing agt. Marshall.... | |
 | Francis Henry Upton - Capture at sea - 1863 - 536 pages
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is tlid thought 'which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the word* employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1930 - 854 pages
...order of the grammatical arrangements in which the framers * * * have placed them. If the words carry a definite meaning which involves no absurdity, nor...instrument, then that meaning apparent on the face must be accepted." (Lake Co. v. Rollins, 130 US 670.) There is no ambiguity in the language used in... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the. thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 744 pages
...When "we interpret a Constitution, what we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To do this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If,... | |
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... grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If, thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning which involves no absurdity... 
