 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 770 pages
...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.) - Civil procedure - 1862 - 612 pages
...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 - Capture at sea - 1863 - 536 pages
...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 - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 744 pages
...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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 514 pages
...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 - Constitutional law - 1874 - 904 pages
...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 - Constitutional law - 1874 - 750 pages
...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 - Virginia - 1877 - 766 pages
...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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1038 pages
...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. 
