 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 頁
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1862 - 612 頁
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed. If thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which VOL. XXIII. 2 Downing agt. Marshall.... | |
 | Francis Henry Upton - 1863 - 536 頁
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is tlid thought 'which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the word* employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 頁
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the. thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1869 - 744 頁
...When "we interpret a Constitution, what we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To do this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If,... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1870 - 514 頁
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 904 頁
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it .expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 頁
...its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - 1877 - 766 頁
...interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort, in all cases, is to the natural signification of the words employed. If, thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which involves no contradiction between... | |
 | 1904 - 1038 頁
...Mr. Justice Lámar said: "To get at the thought or meaning expressed in a statute, a contract, or a constitution, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If... | |
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To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. 
