 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 672 pages
...order to find the meaning of the words." • • A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute, is as much within the statute, as if it were within the letter." Bac. Mr. tille Stat. page 648. VOL. III.— 27 / TOWNLEY adsm. THE STATE. That the word "liquor" in... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court, Asa Aikens - Law reports, digests, etc - 1827 - 440 pages
...within the letter shall be considered within the meaning; for a case which is within the intention, is as much within the statute, as if it were within the letter ; and a case which is within the letter, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention. (Plowd.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Richard Peters - Court rules - 1829 - 758 pages
...way when opposed to the intention of the legislature; for it is a settled rule of law, " that what is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute, if it be not within the intention of the legislature." The construction claimed by the defendants appears... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1830 - 654 pages
...Legislature is to be resorted to in order to discover their meaning: that a thing within the intention, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter ; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, if contrary to the intention of it; that such a construction... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 748 pages
...TRUSTS, 1 ; FRAUDS AND PERJTJRIES. Statutes. 1. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute, is as much within the statute as if it were within its letter. MoOregor v. Home Ins. Co., 181 See APPEAL, 3. Statutes of Groat Britain. SS and SS Oar.... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 662 pages
...persons who were residents, and had property in the county. A thing within the intention is as much much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing within the letter is not within the statute if contrary to the intention of it. 15 7. R. 379. The Peers.... | |
 | Joseph Tate - Law - 1841 - 992 pages
...principle, 'tis presumed, that, a thing within the equity of a statute and the intention of the makers, is as much within the statute, as if it were within the letter. See Stowdl. v. Zoueh, l Plowd. 3Ü5; .SYradling v. Morgan, 205; Eijslon v. Stuild, "2 Plowd. 4(j4.]... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 900 pages
...cartice. Bac. Abr. tit. Statute, Let. I. § 5. A thing which is within the intention of the makers is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter. Ibid. Whenever this intention can be discovered, it ought to be followed, although such construction... | |
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It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute... 
