 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1858 - 1012 pages
...them, as was seen in our chapter before the last.1 § 123. Secondly. The rule of strict interpretation is not violated by permitting the words of the statute...two meanings ; as the wider popular, instead of the narrower technical one;2 but the words should be taken in such a sense, bent neither one \\;ay nor... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 852 pages
...harmonizes with the context, and promotes in the fullest manner the policy and objects of the legislature. The rule of strict construction is not violated by...technical one; but the words should be taken in such a sense, bent neither one way nor the other, as will best manifest the legislative intent.* We think... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1870 - 840 pages
...harmonizes with the context, and promotes in the fullest manner the policy and objects of the legislature. The rule of strict construction is not violated by...technical one; but the words should be taken in such a sense, bent neither one way nor the other, as will best manifest the legislative intent.* "We think... | |
 | Sir Peter Benson Maxwell - Law - 1875 - 500 pages
...object, in construing penal as well as other statutes, is to ascertain the legislative intent ; and the rule of strict construction is not violated by permitting the words to have their full meaning, or the more extensive of two meanings, when best effectuating the intention.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 2096 pages
...as broad as the larger definition of the word, the court sees no occasion for limiting its effect. "The rule of strict construction is not violated by...technical, one; but the words should be taken in such a sense, bent neither one way nor -the other, as will best manifest the legislative intent." U. 8.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1108 pages
...which fall within its letter and spirit. It is elementary law that the "strict rule of interpretation is not violated by permitting the words of the statute...two meanings, as the wider popular, instead of the narrower technical one ; but the words should be taken in such sense, bent neither the one way nor... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1156 pages
...harmonizes with the context, and promotes in the fullest manner the policy and objects of the legislature. The rule of strict construction is not violated by...technical one; but the words should be taken in such a sense, bent neither one way nor the other, as will best manifest the legislative intent. United States... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Actions and defenses - 1885 - 1126 pages
...harmonize with the context, and promotes in the fullest manner the policy and objects of the Legislature. The rule of strict construction is not violated by...meaning, or the more extended of two meanings, as the •sider popular instead of the more narrow technical one ; but the words should be taken in such a... | |
 | Illinois State Board of Health - Public health - 1886 - 716 pages
...harmonizes with the context, and promotes in the fullest manner the policy and objects of the legislature. The rule of strict construction is not violated by...technical one; but the words should be taken in such a sense, bent neither one way or the other, as will best manifest the legislative intent." US v. HartireU,... | |
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The rule of strict construction is not violated by permitting the words of the statute to have their full meaning, or the more extended of two meanings, as the... 
