 | Harold Remington - Bankruptcy - 1915 - 1150 pages
...Bankruptcy Act is remedial, and should be interpreted reasonably and according to the fair import of its terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice." Brown v. Barker, 8 ABR 453 (Sup. Ct. NY App. Div.): "We may take judicial notice that the present bankruptcy... | |
 | Sidney Walter Jones - Telegraph - 1916 - 1104 pages
...construction justifiable in the case of the penal statute? Section 4 of our Penal Code provides that the rule of the common law that penal statutes are...fair import of their terms with a view to effect its object and to promote justice.' In contemplation of this section, in recognition of the fact that a... | |
 | Arizona. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 708 pages
...act? Its title as originally enacted waa "An act to prohibit gambling in the territory of Arizona." The rule of the common law that penal statutes are...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its object and to promote justice. Section 5, Penal Code. Under this statute the courts of the state are... | |
 | North Dakota. Supreme Court, Hiram A. Libby, Robert Milligan Carothers, Robert Dimon Hoskins, Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John McDowell Cochrane, Ames Francis Wilbur, Joseph Coghlan, Edwin James Taylor - Court rules - 1917 - 740 pages
...State's Attorney, and Wm. Longer, Attorney General, for respondent. "All the provisions of our Code are to be construed according to the fair import of...view to effect its objects and to promote justice." Such is the rule of interpretation in this state. Comp. Laws 1913, § 9201. "A crime is any wrong which... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1917 - 742 pages
...Bankruptcy Act is remedial and should be interpreted reasonably and according to the fair import of its terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice" (Botts v. Hammond, 99 Fed. 916, 920, 40 CCA 179 [CCA 4]); and, in working out these ends, the bankruptcy... | |
 | United States - Law - 1917 - 1612 pages
...illiberal interpretation; it should be construed reasonably and according to the fair import of its terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. Botts v. Hammond (1900) 99 Fed. 916, 40 С. С. A. 179, 3 Am. Bankr. Rep. 775; Blake, Moffitt & Towne... | |
 | California - California - 1921 - 1074 pages
...additional punishment. — Shepherd v. People, 25 NY 407, 415. § 4. CONSTRUCTION OF THE PENAL CODE. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. History: Enacted February 14, 1872. As to rules of construction of the codes, see Kerr's Cyc. Pol.... | |
 | California, James Manford Kerr - Criminal law - 1923 - 680 pages
...to impairing vested rights, see Kerr's Small CCP 8 2 and note. 3 4. CONSTRUCTION OF THE PENAL CODE. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. Enacted February 14, 1872. As to construction of statutes in derogation of common law, see Kerr's Small... | |
 | California - Criminal law - 1923 - 424 pages
...eighteen hundred and seventy-three. 3. No part of it is retroactive ,unless expressly so declared. 4. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. 5. The provisions of this code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes, must... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1062 pages
...construction justifiable In the case of the penal statute? Section 4 of our Penal Code provides that 'the rule of the common law that penal statutes are...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect Its object and to promote Justice.' In contemplation of this section, in recognition of the fact that a... | |
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The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. All its provisions are to be construed according to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. 
