 | Sir Peter Benson Maxwell - Law - 1875 - 500 pages
...Co., 5 B. & S. in Bowman v. Blyth, 27 LJ. 588, 33 LJ. QB. 268. Comp. MC. 22, 7 E. & B. 47; Sedg-. ance was deemed essential by the Legislature. But when...observed. In general, then, it seems that where a statute confers a privilege or a power, the regulative provisions which it imposes on its acquisition or exercise... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1146 pages
...acquisition of the right or authority conferred; and it is therefore probable that such was the Intention of the legislature. But when a public duty is Imposed,...performed in a certain manner, or within a certain time, or under other specific conditions, such terms may well be regarded as intended to be directory only,... | |
 | Gustav Adolf Endlich - Law - 1888 - 970 pages
...that such was the intention of the Legislature. But when a public duty is imposed, and the statnte requires that it shall be performed in a certain manner, or within a certain time, or under other specified conditions, such prescriptions may well be regarded as intended to be directory... | |
 | Ontario. High Court of Justice - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 884 pages
...imperative are collected in Maxwell on Statutes, 2nd ed., commencing at p. 450. At p. 452 he says: "But when a public duty is imposed, and the statute...requires that it shall be performed in a certain manner, 01 within a certain time, or under specified conditions, such prescriptions may well be regarded as... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - Public lands - 1898 - 648 pages
...ity conferred, and it is therefore probable that such was the intention of the legislature. But where a public duty is imposed and the statute requires that it shall lie performed in a certain manner, or within a certain time, or under other specified conditions, such... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 878 pages
...formalities in the warrant drawn by the trustees, over which plaintiff had no control, it is said that, "When a public duty is imposed, and the statute requires...performed in a certain manner, or within a certain time, or under other specific conditions, such prescriptions may well be regarded as intended to be directory... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1134 pages
...formalities in the warrant drawn by the trustees, over which plaintiff had no control, it is said that "when a public duty is imposed, and the statute requires that it shall lie performed in a certain manner or within a certain time, or under other specific conditions, such... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1176 pages
...aim and object of the enactment, such an intention is not to be attributed to the Legislature. * * * When a public duty is imposed, and the statute requires...performed in a certain manner, or within a certain time, or under other specified conditions, such prescriptions may well be regarded as directory only, when... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 1022 pages
...time. The rule relied upon is stated in Endlich on the Interpretation of Statutes, § 433, as follows: "But when a public duty is imposed, and the statute...performed in a certain manner, or within a certain time, or under other specified conditions, such prescriptions may well be regarded as intended to be directory... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 1144 pages
...on the Interpretation of Statutes, § 433, as follows: "But when a public duty is imposed, and tho statute requires that it shall be performed in a certain manner, or within n certain time, or under other specified conditions, such prescriptions may well be regarded as intended... | |
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But when a public duty is imposed, and the statute requires that it shall be performed in a certain manner, or within a certain time, or under other specified conditions, such prescriptions may well be regarded as intended to be directory only, when injustice... 
