 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1182 pages
...definition given by lexicographers, and then reconstruct the instrument upon the basis of these definitions. An Instrument must always be construed as a whole,...particular meaning to be attached to any word or phrase is usually to Ы- ascertained from the context, the nature of the subject treated of, and the purpose... | |
 | Jabez Gridley Sutherland - Law - 1904 - 832 pages
...definition given by lexicographers, and then reconstruct the instrument upon the basis of these definitions. An instrument must always be construed as a whole,...particular meaning to be attached to any word or phrase is usually to be ascertained from the context, the nature of the subject treated of and the purpose or... | |
 | James Parker Hall, James De Witt Andrews - Law - 1910 - 434 pages
...definition given by lexicographers, and then reconstruct the instrument upon the basis of these definitions. An instrument must always be construed as a whole,...particular meaning to be attached to any word or phrase is usually to be ascertained from the context, the nature of the subject treated of and the purpose or... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 780 pages
...definition given by lexicographers, and then reconstruct the instrument upon the basis of these definitions. An instrument must always be construed as a whole,...particular meaning to be attached to any word or phrase is usually to be ascertained from the context, the nature of the subject treated of and the purpose or... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 618 pages
...giveii by lexicographers, and then reconstruct the instrument upon the basis of these definitions. An instrument must always be construed as a whole,...particular meaning to be attached to any word or phrase is usually to be ascertained from the context, the nature of the subject treated of, and the purpose or... | |
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... treated of and the purpose or intention of the parties who executed the contract, or of the body which enacted or framed the statute or constitution 