 | 1880 - 556 str.
...when one estate is given in one part of an instrument in clear and decisive terms such estate cannot be taken away or cut down by raising a doubt upon the extent or meaniii!; or application of a subsequent lause, nor by inference therefrom, nor by any subsequent... | |
 | 1884 - 1022 str.
...clauses. As held in the case of Thornhill et al. v. Hall, 2 Clark & Finn. 22, " It is a rule of the court, in construing written instruments, that when an interest...clear and decisive terms, such interest or estate cannot be taken away, or cut down, by raising a doubt upon the extent and meaning, and application,... | |
 | 1890 - 1166 str.
...interest is given in one clause of a will, in clear and decisive terms, the interest so given cannot be taken away or cut down by raising a doubt upon the extent and meaning of a subsequent clause, nor by inference therefrom, nor by any subsequent words that are not as clear... | |
 | 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 - 1887 - 682 str.
...Control.—Where an interest or estate is given in one clause of a will in clear and decisive terms, it can not be taken away or cut down by raising a doubt upon the meaning and application of a subsequent clause, nor by inference therefrom, nor by any subsequent words... | |
 | 1887 - 1038 str.
...Where an estate is given in one part of an instrument in clear and decisive terms, such estate cannot be taken away or cut down by raising a doubt upon the extent or meaning or application of a subsequent clause, nor by inference therefrom, nor by any subsequent... | |
 | 1901 - 1214 str.
...where one estate is given in one part of an instrument in clear and decisive terms, such estate cannot be taken away or cut down by raising a doubt upon the extent or meaning or application of a subséquent clause, or by Inference therefrom, nor by any subsequent... | |
 | 1919 - 1082 str.
...subordinate. It is not rational that the auxiliary provision should override the principal purpose. [2, 3] "When an interest is given or an estate conveyed in one clause of an instrument, it cannot be cut down or taken away by raising a doubt from other clauses, but only... | |
 | 1913 - 1288 str.
..."Where one estate is given in one part of an instrument in clear and decisive terms, such estate cannot be taken away or cut down by raising a. doubt upon the extent or meaning or application of a subsequent clause, nor by inference therefrom, nor by any subsequent... | |
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... application, of a subsequent clause, nor by inference therefrom, nor by any subsequent words that are not as clear and decisive as the words of the clause giving the interest or estate. 
