...what they plainly say. 10 As Chief Justice Marshall said more than a century and a half ago: "fT]he intention of the legislature is to be collected from...ambiguity in the words there is no room for construction. The case must 10 Of course, if I am wrong, and Congress did not intend that oil revenues from reserved...

...ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which the legislature has obviously used them, would comprehend. The intention of the legislature is to be collected...words they employ. Where there is no ambiguity in 1820. the words, there is no room for construction. The case, must be a strong one indeed, which would...

...acceptation, or in that sense in which the legislature has obviously used them, would comprehend. Tho intention of the legislature is to be collected from...words they employ. Where there is no ambiguity in i820. the words, there is no room for construction. The '*!?^~**~ case must be a strong one indeed,...

...words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest. To determine that a case is within the intention of a statute, its language must authorise us to say so. It would be dangerous, indeed, to carry the principle, that a case which is...

...obviously used them, would comprehend. Their intention is to be collected from the words they employ. If there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction. The Court cannot depart 1830.] JUDGE BALDWIN'S CHARGE. 317 from the plain meaning of a penal act of...

...words, especially in penal acts, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest. To determine that a case is within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize the court to say so. It would be dangerous indeed to carry the principle that a case that is within...

...ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which the legislature has obviously used them, would comprehend. The intention of the legislature is to be collected from the words they employ." In our judgment it was manifestly the intention of the legislature, from the words employed in the...

...legislature." He then states the rule and its qualifications as above stated by us, and then adds: " The intention of the legislature is to be collected from the words they (a) The United States v. Wilterberger, 5 Wheat. 76. use. Where there is no ambiguity in the words,...

...taken in their natural sense, and ordinary signification and import [The United States t». Morris.] there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction. The case must be a strong one indeed to justify a Court in departing from the plain meaning of words,...

...ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which the legislature has obviously used them, would comprehend. The intention of the legislature is to be collected...ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction. The case must be a strong one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning...