 Where a statute directs a person to do a thing in a given time, without any negative words restraining him from doing it afterwards, the naming of the time will be considered as directory to him, and not as a limitation of his authority.  Revue légale - Страница 5801887Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | United States. Congress. House - 1881 - 1188 страница
...directory. Judge Porter, after examining numerous decisions of the courts upon this question, gays : " When a statute directs a person to do a thing in a certain...without any negative words restraining him from doing it aflrrwards, the naming of the time will be cmi-id'-ivil directory to him, and not a limitation of his... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 страница
...gone accordingly, the deed and map were admissible as legal evidence in the case.(n) § 670. Where a statute directs a person to do a thing in a certain...time will be considered as directory to him, and not as a limitation of his authority. In a case where the assessors of a school district were directed... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1864 - 712 страница
...general rule most certainly is, that where a statute directs a public officer to do a thing within a certain time, without any negative words restraining...doing it afterwards, the naming of the time will be regarded as merely directory, and not as a limitation upon his authority. (Pond v. Negus, 3 Mass. Rep.... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - 1864 - 724 страница
...exercise a power, at or within a specified time, without any negative words restraining the doing of it afterwards, the naming of the time will be considered as directory, ^ind not as a limitation of authority.4 But a negation of authority, at any other than the time specified,... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - 1869 - 738 страница
...exercise a power, at or within a specified time, without any negative words restraining the doing of it afterwards, the naming of the time will be considered as directory, and not as a limitation of authority.4 But a negation of authority, at any other than the time specified,... | |
 | United States. Dept. of the Interior - 1880
...Judge J'ortor, after examining numerous decisions of the courts upon this question, •ays: " When a statute directs a person to do a thing in a certain...doing it afterwards, the naming of the time will be considi-rrd directory to him, and not a limitation of his authority." And this rule he' supports by... | |
 | 1883 - 572 страница
...note to Potter's Dwarris on Statutes, p. 223, it is said: " When a statute directs a person to do а thing in a certain time, without any negative words restraining him from doing it afterward, the naming of the time will be considered as directory to him, and not as a limitation of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 1108 страница
...Dowl. & Ry., 772; 7 Barn. & Cress., 12. Where a statute directs a person to do a thing in a given lime, without any negative words restraining him from doing...time will be considered as directory to him, and not as a limitation of his authority. Pond v. Negus, 3 Mass., 230; Smith's Com., sec. 670, et teq. ; Stimson... | |
 | George W. Spaulding - 1884 - 574 страница
...the act does not defeat or forfeit the grant. When a statute directs a person to do a thing within a certain time, without any negative words restraining...afterwards, the naming of the time will be considered directory to him, and not a limitation of his anthority. Cooley on Statutory Limitations, pp. 74 78;... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - 1885 - 698 страница
...clothe their proceedings with all the solemnities prescribed by the power which the act demands. When a statute directs a person to do a thing in a certain...considered as directory to him, and not a limitation of hia authority. Pond v. Negus, 3 Mass. 232; People v. Peck, 11 Wend. 604; Ex parte Heath, Ac., 3... | |
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