 Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice, presumably not intended, a...  A Commentary on the Interpretation of Statutes - Page 387by Gustav Adolf Endlich - 1888 - 871 pagesFull view - About this book
 | South Carolina. Supreme Court, J. S. G. Richardson, Robert Wallace Shand, Cyprian Melanchthon Efird, William Hay Townsend, Duncan C. Ray, William Munro Shand - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 634 pages
...Interpretation of Statutes, sec. 73. At section 295, the same author says : Rep.] April Terra, 1916. not intended, a construction may be put upon it, which...the sentence, (a) This is done, sometimes, by giving an unusual meaning to particular words; sometimes by altering their collocation; or by rejecting them... | |
 | Sir Peter Benson Maxwell - Law - 1875 - 500 pages
...or injustice, presumably not intended, a construction has been sometimes put upon it, which modified the meaning of the words, and even the structure of the sentence (a). Sometimes an unusual meaning has been given to particular words ; sometimes their collocation has been... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1242 pages
...capital and Infamous crimes are not Doubtless, In some cases, where the language of a statute leads to an absurdity, hardship, or Injustice, presumably not Intended, a construction may be put upon It modifying the meaning of the words, so as to carry out the real intention; but where the intention... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1164 pages
...grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship, or injustice,...the words, and even the structure of the sentence. This may be done by departing from the rules of grammar ; by giving an unusual meaning to particular... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1234 pages
...grammatical construction, lends to я manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship, or injustice, presumably not intended, a construction may bo put upon it which modifies the meaning o£ the words, and even the structure of the sentence, <•... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1338 pages
...grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship, or Injustice...the words and even the structure of the sentence. This is done sometimes by giving an unusual meaning to particular words, sometimes by altering their... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1312 pages
...contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, bardship, or injustice presumably not intended, 'a construction...modifies the meaning of the words and even the structure o£ tlic sentence. This is done sometimes by giving an unusual meanins to particular words, sometimes... | |
 | Edward Warren Hines, William Pope Duvall Bush, John Cleland Wells, Frank L. Wells, Findlay Ferguson Bush, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, W. J. Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert McBeath - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 964 pages
...apparent purpose of the enactment, to inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice, not presumably intended, a construction may be put upon it which...the •words and even the structure of the sentence. This is done sometimes by giving unusual meaning to particular words; sometimes by altering their collocation,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1224 pages
...hardship or Injustice, not presumably intended,— a construction may be put upon it which moditics the meaning of the words, and even the structure of the sentence. This is done sometimes by giving unusual meaning to particular words, sometimes by altering tb.eir... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 768 pages
...capital and infamous crimes are not. Doubtless in some cases where the language of a statute leads to an absurdity, hardship, or injustice, presumably not intended, a construction may be put upon it modifying the meaning of the words so as to carry out the real intention, but where the intention is... | |
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