 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 932 pages
...grantor. The whole contract must be considered in arriving at the meaning of any of its parts. Terms are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have acquired a particular technical sense by the known usage of the trade. They are to be construed with... | |
 | Newfoundland. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 840 pages
...words as will best answer and effectuate the apparent general intention. The terms of the contract are .to be understood in their plain, ordinary and popular...sense, unless they have generally, in respect to the subject matter, us by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a peculiar sense, distinct from... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 928 pages
...instruments applies equally to this instrument of a policy of insurance, namely, that it to be construed according to its sense and meaning as collected in...sense, unless they have generally, in respect to the subject matter, as by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from... | |
 | Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead - Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 604 pages
...ELLENROROUOH in the case of Robertson r. French (i), riz. that " they are to be construed according to their sense and meaning, as collected, *in the first place, from the terms used in [ *872 ] HONTER them, which terms are themselres to be understood in their plain, LEATHLEY. ordinary,... | |
 | William Gow - 1903 - 456 pages
...applies to other instruments applies equally to this, namely, that it is to be construed according to the sense and meaning, as collected in the first place from the terms used in it, which terms are assumed to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have generally in... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Contracts - 1904 - 940 pages
...is that which is the plain, clear, and obvious result of the terms used therein ; so these terms are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular...the known usage of trade or the like — acquired a particular sense, distinct from the popular sense of the (a) Co. Litt. 42 a. (x) Co. Litt. 78 b. (y)... | |
 | Windward Islands (Jurisdiction). Court of Appeal - Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 320 pages
...all other instruments, applies equally to this policy of insurance, viz : that it is to be construed according to its sense and meaning. as collected,...have generally, in respect to the subject-matter, or by the known usage of trade, SUN FIRE OFFICE v. HART ET AL. PDN FIRE or the like, acquired a peculiar... | |
 | Robert Frederick Norton, Robert Hay Dun, Digby Latimer Francis Koe - Deeds - 1906 - 776 pages
...Curiam, liarhsdale v. Morgan (1693), 4 Mod. 185 at p. 186. A written instrument "is to be construed according to its sense and meaning, as collected,...subject-matter, as by the known usage of trade, or the like, Trade terms. acquired a peculiar sense distinct from the popular sense of the same words ; or unless... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1076 pages
...is that which is the plain, clear, and obvious result of the terms used therein, so these terms are to be understood In their plain, ordinary, and popular...by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a particular sense, distinct from the popular sense of tbe ваше words, or unless the context evidently... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1168 pages
...the same question in relation to beer, might smile with equal reason. Words in contracts and laws are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they are technical, local, or provincial, or their meaning is modified by the usage of trade. 1 Greenl.... | |
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... as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense, distinct from the popular sense of the same words... 
