| Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 str.
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1862 - 612 str.
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed. If thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which VOL. XXIII. 2 Downing agt. Marshall.... | |
| Francis Henry Upton - 1863 - 536 str.
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is tlid thought 'which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the word* employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 str.
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the. thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
| Florida. Supreme Court - 1869 - 744 str.
...When "we interpret a Constitution, what we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To do this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If,... | |
| Nevada. Supreme Court - 1870 - 514 str.
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 904 str.
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it .expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 str.
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
| Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - 1877 - 766 str.
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort, in all cases, is to the natural signification of the words employed. If, thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which involves no contradiction between... | |
| 1904 - 1038 str.
...Mr. Justice Lámar said: "To get at the thought or meaning expressed in a statute, a contract, or a constitution, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If... | |
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