 | Hawaii. Office of the Attorney General - 1846 - 710 էջ
...spirit of the discourse." Sec. 287. — " The reason of the lav, or of the treaty, that is to say, of the motive which led to the making of it, and the...to lead us to the discovery of its true meaning." " When onet we certainly know the reason which has determined the will of the person speaking, we ought... | |
 | Emer de Vattel - 1852 - 666 էջ
...case, ten thousand sacks of oats are to be substituted in lieu of the ten thousand sacks of wheat. The reason of the law, or of the treaty, — that is to say, § 287. inthe motive which led to the making of it, and the object in tcrpretation contemplation at... | |
 | Emer de Vattel, Edward Duncan Ingraham - 1852 - 670 էջ
...case, ten thousand sacks of oats are to be substituted in lieu of the ten 'thousand sacks of wheat. The reason of the law, or of the treaty, — that is to say, g 287. in. the motive which led to the making of it, and the object in tcrpretation contemplation at... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 էջ
...assistance ought to be ten thousand horse. The rcMon of the law or of the treaty — that iv to say, of the motive which led to the making of it. and the object in contemplation at the time — is the mott certain clue to lead us to tlie discovery of it* true meaning ; and great attention should be... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - 1858 - 1096 էջ
...employed. The object of the law is known to us with indubitable certainty. But the reason of the law — that is to say, the motive which led to the making...true meaning ; and great attention should be paid to this circumstance, whenever there is question either of explaining an obscure, ambiguous, indeterminate... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1858 - 868 էջ
...employed. The object of the law is known to us with indubitable certainty. But the reason of the law — that is to say, the motive which led to the making...true meaning ; and great attention should be paid to this circumstance, whenever there is question either of explaining an obscure, ambiguous, indeterminate... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1861 - 568 էջ
...the documents were found which were said to have vitiated the Vattel, ii., 17, 287. alliance. Now, the " reason of the law or of the treaty, that is...the most certain clue to lead us to the discovery of it s true meaning, and great attention should be paid to the circumstance whenever there is question... | |
 | 1868 - 322 էջ
...which is the best interpreter •of laws." The reason of the law or of the treaty—that is to say, of the motive which led to the making of it, and the object in contemplation .at the time—is the most certain clue to lead us to the discovery of its true meaning; and great attention... | |
 | 1868 - 318 էջ
...uniform series of adjudications, we should adhere to the usage, which is the best interpreter of laws." The reason of the law or of the treaty — that is to say, of the motive which led to the making of it, and the object in contemplation at the time — is the... | |
 | William Fitzwilliam Milton (Viscount) - 1869 - 474 էջ
...appear to me to bear immediately upon the question in hand. The first of them runs as follows :(4) — " The reason of the law or of the treaty, that is to...motive which led to the making of it, and the object in con(') Wheaton. Ed. 6, p. 355. (2) Vattel, lib. ii., c. xvii., § 263. (3) Vattel, lib. ii., o. xvii.,... | |
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The reason of the law, or of the treaty- -that is to say, the motive which led to the making of it, and the object in contemplation at the time, is the most certain clue to lead us to the discovery of its true meaning... 
