 | Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office - 1915 - 396 σελίδες
...chapter 8 of the Revised Laws that — Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words...have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. The popular use of the word "practical,"... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1839 - 476 σελίδες
...understood words ami • according to the common and approved usage of the language, but con£mLd°* technical words and phrases, and such others as may...have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. Second,... | |
 | Michigan - 1846 - 896 σελίδες
...gender only, may extend and be applied to females as well as males: 3. All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 548 σελίδες
...All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of language ; but technical words and phrases, and such...have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. § 18. The word "grantor" may... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 544 σελίδες
...All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of language ; but technical words and phrases, and such...have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. § 18. The word "grantor" may... | |
 | Vermont - 1851 - 838 σελίδες
...only, may extend and be applied as well to females as to males.* SECT. 2. All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless... | |
 | Utah (Ter.) - 1852 - 290 σελίδες
...masculine gender only, may be extended to females. All words and phrases shall be construed according to the context, and the approved usage of the language;...acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, shall be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. A private per- SEC. 120. A private... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1897 - 796 σελίδες
...under the statute cited, providing that, in the construction of statutes, all words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority thereof, unless otherwise expressly declared... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1868 - 610 σελίδες
...Chap. I, Cmnp. L. " All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1896 - 784 σελίδες
...statutes, — " All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood... | |
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Words and phrases are construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning... 
