| William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 870 pages
...that section, and it is said, in Edwards v. Darby, 25 US (12 Wheat.) 206, 210 [6 L. Ed. 603]', that, "The contemporaneous construction of those who were...provisions into effect, is entitled to very great respect. ' ' Counsel for plaintiff are, of course, right, that the question has never been directly raised or... | |
| United States. Department of the Interior - Public lands - 1892 - 804 pages
...construction of a. doubtful and ambignous law, the contemporaneous construction of those who were called upou to act under the law, and were appointed to carry...provisions into effect, is entitled to very great respect. See also Atkins v. Disintegrating Uo. (18 Wall., 272, 301); Smythe v. Fiske (23 Wall., 374, 382); United... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 840 pages
...and ambiguous law the contemporaneous construction of those who were called upon to act thereunder and were appointed to carry Its provisions Into effect is entitled to great respect and ought not to be overruled without cogent reasons and may be accepted as determining... | |
| United States - Law - 1916 - 1266 pages
...be given to it."'* T In one of the first cases on departmental construction Mr. Justice Trimble said that in the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous...provisions into effect " is entitled to very great respect. ' ' "** After the lapse of sixty years Judge Brewer, tracing " the growth of this principle in our... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 964 pages
...Says the court in US v. Hill: "In the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous law, the contemporary construction of those who were called upon to act...provisions into effect, is entitled to very great respect." 120 US 182, 7 Sup. Ct. Rep. 510; US v. Philbrkk, 120 US 50, 7 Sup. Ct. Rep. 413. The same doctrine... | |
| Weights and measures - 1929 - 192 pages
...rules and regulations, or the interpretation of statutes by officers charged with their enforcement : In the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous law...to carry its provisions into effect, is entitled to great respect (Edwards v. Darby, 12 Wheat. 206, 210.) It is not unimportant to state, that the construction... | |
| Insurance law - 1921 - 718 pages
...clear that such construction is erroneous." Said the court in Edwards v. Darby, 12 Wheat. 206, 210: "In the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous law....effect, is entitled, to very great respect." This rule is reaffirmed in United States v. Moore, 95 US 760, 763, and in subsequent cases, and it has been... | |
| United States - Naval law - 1945 - 712 pages
...in the background * * *." (Federal Trade Commission T. Bunte Bros,. 312 US 349, 351, Feb. 17, 1941.) "In the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous law,...provisions into effect, Is entitled to very great respect." (Edwards v. Darby. 12 Wheat. '206, 210, Jan. Term, 1827. See also: United States v. Moore, 95 US 760,... | |
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