 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1164 pages
...what the mischief was for which the common law did not provide, and what remedy the Parliament bath 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." 1 Blackstone, 87.... | |
 | New Hampshire. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 702 pages
...construction — the old law, the mischief, and the remedy; and it is the business of the judges to so construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance 'the remedy." 1 Bl. Com. 87. (1) The old law placed no restrictions upon the bringing of suits for highway damages.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1284 pages
...construction that remedial statutes shall be liberally construed; that "It Is the duty of Judges to so construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy." Suth. St. Const § 409. It Is impossible to read the act of 1891 without perceiving that the legislature... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 1064 pages
...and what remedy the legislature has provided to cure the mischief; and it is the business of courts so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy. 1 131. Comm. 87; Rogers v. Hotel Co., 4 Neb. 58. Here is an act which declares that all charges shall... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 1000 pages
...remedial statutes three points are to be considered, viz., the old law, the mischief, and the remedy, and so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy, is to be applied: 1 Bla. Com. 87. Applying this rule to the provision in question, and it embraces... | |
 | Junius - English letters - 1890 - 528 pages
...what remedy the parliament hath provided to cure this mischief. It is the business of the judges lo to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy."— Wtushttone, i- 87. special bailiffs of liberties, either by writ or virtute officii ;" * consequently... | |
 | Jabez Gridley Sutherland - Law - 1891 - 836 pages
...provide, and what remedy the legislature has supplied to cure this mischief. And it is the duty of judges so to construe the act as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy.2 This injunction is simply to carry out the intention of the law-maker, which is the cardinal... | |
 | 1891 - 648 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 judges so to construe the act, as to suppress the mischief ami advance the remedy." 1 Blackstone Com.,... | |
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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... 
