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COMMENTARIES ON STATUTE

AND

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

W. E. Spence. брита

COMMENTARIES

ON

STATUTE

AND

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

AND

STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION,

CONTAINING

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AN EXAMINATION OF ADJUDGED CASES ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE RESPECTIVE STATES CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE POWER,

AND ALSO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE RULES OF LAW

IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES AND

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.

By E. FITCH SMITH,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

"Ex antecedentibus et consequentibus fit optima interpretatio."—2 Inst. 317. "Quoties in verbis nulla est ambiguitas ibi nulla expositio contra verba fienda est." [WING'S MAXIMS, p. 24. "Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet non præteritis."-2 Inst. 292.

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