 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 σελίδες
...clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and lean in favor of a construction which will render...word operative, rather than one which may make some idle and nugatory.1 This rule is especially applicable to written constitutions, in which the people... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 904 σελίδες
...clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and lean in favor of a construction which will render...word operative, rather than one which may make some idle and nugatory.3 This rule is especially applicable to written constitutions, in which the people... | |
 | 1875 - 788 σελίδες
...instrument ; and if different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and lean in favor of a construction which will render...word operative, rather than one which may make some idle and nugatory. There is but one construction which will preserve the unity, harmony, and consistency... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1875 - 678 σελίδες
...clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and lean in favor of a construction which will render...word operative, rather than one which may make some idle and nugatory. " This rule is especially applicable to written constitutions, in which the people... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1872
...instrument; and if different parts seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them if possible, and lean in favor of a construction which will render...word operative rather than one which may make some idle and" nugatory. There is but one construction which will preserve the unity of harmony and consistency... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1904 - 598 σελίδες
...whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean...than one which may make some words idle and nugatory. This rule is applicable with special force to written constitutions, in which the people will be presumed... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1878 - 1032 σελίδες
...whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean...word operative, rather than one which may make some idle and nugatory. 2 This rule is applicable with special force to written constitutions, in which... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1878 - 974 σελίδες
...whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean...word operative, rather than one which may make some idle and nugatory.2 This rule is applicable with special force to written constitutions, in which the... | |
 | 1892 - 1092 σελίδες
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 | 1897 - 1148 σελίδες
...whole Instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean...than one which may make some words idle and nugatory. This rulo is applicable with special force to written constitutions, in which the people will be presumed... | |
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The rule applicable here is, that effect is to be given, if possible, to the whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean in favor of a construction... 
