 | Thomas Falconer, Edward H. Fitzherbert - 1839 - 764 σελίδες
...be construed imperatively; Dwarris on Statutes. (1) " Words of permission are sometimes obligatory: where a Statute directs the doing of a thing for the sake of justice, the word may, means the same as shall. The Statute 23 Hen. VI. c. 10, says, the sheriff, &c. ' may'... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 σελίδες
...2.93,) the Court of King's Bench construed the words shall and may, as being mandatory, " where the statute directs the doing of a thing for the sake of justice, or the public good." In that case, the church-wardens were indicted for not making a rate or assessment under the statute... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus - 1841 - 1144 σελίδες
...Dwarris on Statutes, 712, it is said : " Words of permission shall in certain cases be obligatory. Where a statute directs the doing of a thing for the sake of justice, the word may means the same as the word shall. The stat. 23 H. 6. c. 10. (a), says that the sheriff',... | |
 | Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - 1846 - 708 σελίδες
...a Statute. sion of which they are punishable ; the exception was not allowed : and by the court — Where a statute directs the doing of a thing for the sake of justice or the public good, the word may means the same as the word shall. The 23 H. 6, says the sheriff may take bail; but the construction... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 970 σελίδες
...way here used means the same as shall. In Mitchell vs. Duncan, 7 Fla., 13, it is held that when the statute directs the doing of a thing for the sake of justice the word may means the same as shall. See also Super\ :sors vs. US, 4 Wallace, 435. Section 33 of said... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 σελίδες
...cases we have cited in support of our first proposition. § 600. In Rex v. Barlmc,(a) it is said, that where a statute directs the doing of a thing for the...justice or the public good, the word " may" is the same as the word " shall." That was a case under the 14 Car. 2, ch. 12, which gave power and authority to... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon - 1849 - 1008 σελίδες
...Barlow, the Court did not proceed upon any such supposed analogy, but laid down the general rule, " that where a statute directs the doing of a thing for the...justice or the public good, the word ' may' is the same as ' shall.' " The 8 & 9 Will. 3, c. 11, s. 8, has been held compulsory, which enacts, that in actions... | |
 | Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith - 1852 - 690 σελίδες
...in bankruptcy the commission was de jure. In 19 Vin. Abr. tit. " Statute," 525, it is laid down, " where a statute directs the doing of a thing for the...justice or the public good, the word may is the same as the word shall." The King v. Barlow, 2 Salk. 609 ; Standen v. the University of Oxford, Sir W. Jones,... | |
 | 1852 - 1052 σελίδες
...in bankruptcy the commission was de jure. In 19 fin. Abr. tit. ' Statute,' 525, it is laid down, " Where a statute directs the doing of a thing for the...justice or the public good, the word may is the same as the word shall." — The King v. Barlow (8), Standen v. the University of Oxford(9). [JERVIS, CJ... | |
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Where a statute directs the doing of a thing for the sake of justice or the public good, the word 'may' is the same as the word 'shall; 
