...may, and we think does point to the power contained in the proviso. The office of a proviso generally is either to except something from the enacting clause,...qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of it, as extending to cases not intended by the Legislature to...

...sense, or the objects, or the mischiefs of the enactment. Ibid. The office of a proviso, generally, is either to except something from the enacting clause,...qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of its extending to cases not intended by the legislature to be...

...sense, or the objects, or the mischiefs of the enactment. Ibid. The office of a proviso, generally, is either to except something from the enacting clause,...qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of its extendmg to cases not intended by* the legislature to bo...

...out of the general thing mentioned in the statute. The object of a proviso to a statute is, to either except something from the enacting clause, or to qualify or restrain its generality, or to ex(a) Paynes v. Conner, 3 Bibb, 181 CHAP. XIV.] IN PAUI MATERI.i dude some possible ground of misin...

...always, that " <fec. See Proviso, supra. A clause or part of a clause in a statute, the office of which is either to except something from the enacting clause,...qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of its extent. Story, J., 15 Peters' R. 445. PRO (840) neglects...

...Thibault v. Gibson, 12 Meeson i£• Welsby, 88. Id. 740. The office of a proviso, is either to accept something from the enacting clause, or to qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of its extent. Story, J., Minis v. United States, 15 Peters USR...

...reasonable interpretation. The office " of a proviso generally, is either to except something frpm the enacting " clause or to qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some pos^ sible ground of misinterpretation of it, as to extending to cases not in'< tended by the legislature...

...Lord Campbell, Gurly v. Gurly, 8 Cl. & Fin. 764. * The office of a proviso in an act of Parliament is either to except something from the enacting clause,...qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of it as extending to cases not intended by the legislature to...

...to a class of cases not within its enacting clause, would violate all settled rules of construction. The office of a proviso is either to except something from the enacting clause, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation, or to state a condition to which the privilege granted...

...to a class of cases not within its enacting clause, would violate all settled rules of construction. The office of a proviso, is either to except something from the enacting clause, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation, or to state a condition to which the privilege granted...