 | United States - Law - 1980 - 1056 pages
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 | Francis Dunham Wormuth, Edwin Brown Firmage - History - 1989 - 380 pages
...statutes. There are two relevant rules. In 1827, m Edwards' Lessee v. Darby, Justice Robert Trimble held, "In the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous law,...effect, is entitled to very great respect."* This language has been echoed in a multitude of cases.* Of course, a court, before invoking Edwards' Lessee... | |
 | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Nuclear energy - 1995 - 670 pages
...1979): As early as 1827. interpreting a North Carolina statute of 1782, the Supreme Court declared: "In the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous law....provisions into effect, is entitled to very great respect." Edwards' Lessee v. Darhy. 25 US (12 Wheat.) 206. 210 (1827). See aim Kenneth Culp Davis, Administrative... | |
 | Law - 1959 - 710 pages
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In the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous law, the contemporaneous construction of those who were called upon to act under the law, and were appointed to carry its provisions into effect, is entitled to very great respect. 
