| Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - Constitutional law - 1885 - 698 pages
...they penal or beneficial, restrictive or enlarging of the common law, four things are to be discerned and considered : — " 1. What was the common law...of the act ? " 2. What was the mischief and defect against which the common law did not provide ? " 3. What remedy the parliament hath resolved and appointed... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1346 pages
...to be discerned and considered: First. What was the common law before the making of the act? Second. What was the mischief and defect for which the common law did not provide? Third. What remedy the Parliament hath resolved and appointed to cure the disease of the commonwealth.... | |
| Gustav Adolf Endlich - Law - 1888 - 970 pages
...Case. 3 Rep. 76 ; 10 Rep. 73a. [The points as stated by Lord Coke in this case, are as follows : — " 1. What was the common law before the making of the...appointed to cure the disease of the commonwealth ? — 4. The true reason of the remedy." The modiiication introduced in the text by omitting the word... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 1110 pages
...the sure and true interpretation of all statutes in general, be they penal or beneficial, restricting or enlarging of the common law, four .things are to...making of the act? 2. What was the mischief and defect against which the common law did not provide? 3. What remedy the Parliament hath resolved and appointed... | |
| Stewart Rapalje, Robert Linn Lawrence - Law - 1888 - 772 pages
...interpretation of all statutes, be they penal or beneficial, restrictive of, or enlarging the common law : (1) What was the common law before the making of the...law did not provide; (3) what remedy the parliament has resolved and appointed to cure the disease of the commonwealth, and (4) the true reason of the... | |
| Henry Hardcastle - Law - 1892 - 748 pages
...they penal or beneficial, restrictive or enlarging of the common law), four things are to be discerned and considered. (1) What was the common law before...appointed to cure the disease of the commonwealth. (4) The true reason of the remedy. And then the office of all the judges is always to make such (f)... | |
| Robert Campbell - Annotations and citations (Law) - 1894 - 868 pages
...things are to be discerned and considered: First, what was the common law before the Act ? Secondly, what was the mischief and defect for which the common law did not provide ? Thirdly, what remedy the Parliament hath resolved and appointed to cure the disease of the commonwealth... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1242 pages
...they penal or beneficial, restrictive or enlarging of the common Jaw), four things are to be discerned and considered: (1) What was the common law before...appointed to cure the disease of the commonwealth. (4) The true reason of the remedy. And then the office of all judges is always to make such construction... | |
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