 | William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...; what the mischief was, for which the common law did not provide ; and what remedy the parliament hath provided to cure this mischief. And it is the business of the judges so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy (e). Let us instance... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - Civil rights - 1839 - 556 pages
...; what the mischief was, for which the common law did not provide ; and what remedy the parliament hath provided to cure this mischief. And it is the business of the judges so to construe the act, as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy .w Let us instance... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1844 - 700 pages
...act—nli.it the mischief was for which the common law did not provide— and what remedy the Parliament liath provided to cure this mischief. And it is the business of the Judges so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief, and advance the remedy.' The chief evil... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1853 - 884 pages
...parliament hath provided to cure this mischief." (Black. Com) "And it is the business of the judges so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy." (1 Man. R. 208. 4 Bac. Abr. 650. 3 Rand. R. 522.) " And cases are sometimes considered as embraced... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1847 - 710 pages
...providing for the discharge of securities, was a remedial statute, and it is the duty of the court so to construe the Act as to suppress the mischief, and advance the remedy. — 1st Bl. Com. 87. Hardeo et al. es. Stovall, Simmons & Co. tended to afford substantial relief to... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1848 - 702 pages
...; what the mischief was for which the Common Law did not provide ; and what remedy the Legislature hath provided to cure this mischief. And it is the...the Judge so to construe the act as to suppress the mischitf and advance the remedy." 1 Bl. Com. 87. How stood the old law in this State, prior to the... | |
 | Law - 1848 - 558 pages
...common law did not pnmde ; and what remedy the Parliament hath provided to cure this mischief; and are so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy. The general rule for the construction of acts of Parliament is, that they should be construed according... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 834 pages
...the mischief was 'for which the common (former) law did not provide, and what remedy the Legislature hath provided to cure this mischief. And it is the...to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy." — l Blks. Com., 87. The Supreme Court of the State had declared, in the case of Shehee vs. Higgs,... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 770 pages
...act, what the mischief was for which the common law did not provide, and what remedy the Parliament hath provided to cure this mischief. And it is the business of the judges so to construe the act, as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy." (Vol I., p. 87.)... | |
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THERE are three points to be considered in the construction of all remedial statutes ; the old law, the mischief, and the remedy : that is, how the common law stood at the making of the act ; what the mischief was, for which the common law did not provide... 
