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STATUTE

AND

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

AND

STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION,

CONTAINING

AN EXAMINATION OF ADJUDGED CASES ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW UNDER
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE RESPECTIVE STATES CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE POWER,
AND ALSO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE RULES OF LAW

IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES AND
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.

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Ex antecedentibus et consequentibus fit optima interpretatio."-2 INST. 317.

Quoties in verbis nulla est ambiguitas ibi nulla expositio contra verba fienda est."

[WING'S MAXIMS, p. 24.

"Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet non præteritis."-2 INST. 292.

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