 | United States. Supreme Court - 1870 - 816 頁
...circumstances contemporaneous with the instrument* General rule is, that the terms of a contract are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have, in respect to the subject-matter, as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar... | |
 | James Haines McCulloh - 1867 - 430 頁
...the words. And the facts atiunde material to the * Terms arc to be understood (3d Phillips, 1395,) in their plain, ordinary and popular sense, unless they have generally, in respect to the subject mailer, or by the known usage of trade, or tke like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from... | |
 | South Australia. Supreme Court, L. Pelham - 1867 - 208 頁
...which is the plain, clear, and obvious result of the premises used therein, so these premises should be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have reference to the subject matter and the known usages of trade to have acquired a different meaning."... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1868 - 702 頁
...statement of the law on this point, namely, that it must be construed according to its sense and meaning as collected in the first place from the terms used in...popular sense, unless they have generally, in respect to tl:e subject-matter, as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct... | |
 | 1884 - 550 頁
...the same question in relation to beer, might smile with equal reason. Words in contracts and laws are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they are technical, local, or provincial, or their meaning is modified by the ussge of trade. 1 Greenl.... | |
 | 1882 - 624 頁
...understood in their plain, ordinary aud popular sense, unless they have, in respect to the subject matter, as by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a particular souse, distinct from the popular sense of the same words. Where a word has both a popular... | |
 | 1881 - 968 頁
...true rule by which the jury should be guided. The proposition is undoubtedly true that " words are to be understood in their plain, ordinary and popular sense, unless they have, in respect to the subject matter as by the known usage of the trade or the like, acquired a particular... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant, John Cole Lowber, Thomas M'Kean Pettit, George Sharswood, Henry Wharton, Samuel Dickson, James Parsons, William Wynne Wister - 1872 - 556 頁
...instrument of a policy of insurance, viz. that it is to be construed according to its sense and meaning, as collected in the first place from the terms used in...be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular r*!.™ *sense, unless they have generally in respect to the subject- L matter, as by the known usage... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1872 - 660 頁
...and well established. But it is equally well settled that the terms of every written instrument are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular...generally, in respect to the subject-matter, as by the knowledge of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from the popular sense of the same... | |
 | Samuel Robinson Clarke - 1873 - 448 頁
...sense and meaning, as collected in the first place from the terms used, which terms are to be construed in their plain ordinary and popular sense, unless they have generally in respect to the subject matter, as by the known usages of trade acquired a peculiar sense distinct from the popular... | |
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... as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense, distinct from the popular sense of the same words... 
