 The rule applicable here is that effect is to be given, if possible, to the whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean in favor of a construction...  The Iowa Journal of History and Politics - Page 2961903Full view - About this book
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 714 pages
...without intent that they should have effect as part of the law. The rule applicable here is, that the effect is to be given, if possible, to the whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean... | |
 | 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
...whole is to be examined with a view to arriving at the true intention of each part." "The rule ... is that effect is to be given, if possible, to the whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1958 - 506 pages
...expressed it, in speaking of the proper construction of the Constitution: The rule here applicable is that effect is to be given, if possible, to the whole instrument and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and lean in... | |
 | Wyoming. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 470 pages
...whole instrument must be examined with a view to arriving at the true intent of each part. Effect must be given, if possible, to the whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different provisions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, If practicable, and must... | |
 | Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals - Criminal law - 1909 - 818 pages
...occasion, or without intent that they should have effect as part of the law. The rule applicable here is, that effect is to be given, if possible, to the whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 644 pages
...occasion, or without intent that they should have effect as part of the law. The rule applicable here is that effect is to be given, if possible, to the whole instrument, and to every section and clause. If different portions seem to conflict, the courts must harmonize them, if practicable, and must lean... | |
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