Hall, that in construing wills and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument,... Ruling Cases - Page 575edited by - 1898Full view - About this book
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 982 pages
...law at Westminster Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the... | |
| Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...construing wills, and indeed statutes and all written instruments, the grammatical and опиши v sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or repugnance, or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the grammatical... | |
| Ireland. High Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1861 - 682 pages
...in Westminster Hall, that in construing " wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the " grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered "to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or repugnance, " or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument ; in which case "... | |
| Equity - 1861 - 628 pages
...preceding page, adverts to what his Lordship laid down in Gray v. Pearson (b). Now if, in the present case, the " grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to," and if the adhering to such grammatical and ordinary construction in this case will not lead to any... | |
| George Frederick Wharton - Legal maxims - 1865 - 292 pages
...construction of instruments between parties, wills. &c., depends upon the intention of the parties, and the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to. unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnancy or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case... | |
| George Frederick Wharton - Legal maxims - 1865 - 296 pages
...construction of instruments between parties, wills, &c., depends upon the intention of the parties, and the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would load to some absurdity, or some repugnancy or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1865 - 692 pages
...Delano, for the defendants. BIGELOW, J. The safe practical rule for the construction oi wills, is, that the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless it would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument.... | |
| Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Wills - 1865 - 894 pages
...Law in Westminster Hall, that in construing wills, and indeed statutes, and all written instruments, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance, or inconsistency, with the rest of the instrument, in which case... | |
| Law - 1868 - 538 pages
...вГ, the grammatical and ordinary sense of words mult be adhered to, unless it would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument. Applying this rule to the case under consideration, we find n covenant for quiet enjoyment by the purchaser... | |
| William Brown - Entail - 1869 - 900 pages
...from them (z). It is also a rule in the construction of statutes, that, The gramin the first instance, the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words is to be adhered to, unless that would lead to some absurdity or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument, in which case the... | |
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