PROCEDURE (continued) - acts to improve procedure remedial. § 437. giving right to bring action against insurance company at place where is the subject of insurance, § 437. act that trial judge file charge to jury of record, § 437. resort had to common law for, where statute giving a right or creating from proviso that provision not be construed to permit, § 343. PROPERTY – public grants of, strictly construed, § 378. land grants by government construed strictly, §§ 378, 379. introduced to qualify or restrict general language, §§ 216, 223. totally repugnant to purview repeals it, § 221. repealed by statute which repeals the provision it qualifies, § 222. presumption that what is excluded from a statute by, would otherwise otherwise when introduced from abundant caution, § 222. what it applies to, § 223. does not apply to another section, unless intent appears, § 223. applies to the provision or clause immediately preceding, §§ 223, 267. if irrelevant, has been rejected, § 223. strictly construed, § 223. it takes no case out of enacting clause which does not fall within its matter of, may tend to enlarge purview, § 223. in penal statutes construed liberally for accused, § 227. PUBLIC GRANTS words of, construed most strictly against grantee, § 378. any ambiguity in, operates in favor of government, § 378. the presumption is against the government having parted with any of against its having parted with any part of its sovereign power of or of police or taxing power, § 378. or power of eminent domain, § 378. in grant of land no implied covenant to do any further act, § 378. in grant of franchise to build a bridge or road, or to establish a ferry, of power to incorporate does not include power to take land by devise, T PUBLIC GRANTS (continued) — construction of grant to city of right to use soil under road to lay pipes to convey water, § 386. of land bordering on tide water, § 386. PUBLIC OBJECTS liberal construction of acts for accomplishment of, § 443. PUBLIC RIGHTS- not deemed relinquished except by plain words, § 386. not to be prejudiced by construction of statutes conferring private privi- what are such, §§ 120, 121, 193, 198. a statute establishing a municipal court is such, §§ 120, 121. QUALIFYING WORDS AND PHRASES – to what they refer, §§ 267, 269. have been applied to several preceding sections, § 267. REASONABLENESS- has a potent influence in construction, § 322. REBELLION - statutes enacted by states in, § 20, note. RECORD remedial act that trial judge file of record his charge, § 437. REDDENDO SINGULA SINGULIS- when general words so construed, § 282. REDEMPTION right of, liberally construed, § 420. word "owner" used in generic sense in law of, § 420. cannot be annulled by legislation, § 480. RE-ENACTMENT — - of statute which has received construction, § 255. REFERENCE- adoption of statute by general, § 257. confined to matter immediately preceding. §§ 257, 259. RELATIVE WORDS- their application or reference, §§ 257, 259, 267. REMEDIAL STATUTES- to receive a liberal construction, SS 346, 347. may be extended to cases clearly within mischief, § 348. giving penalty to aggrieved party remedial as well as penal, § 359. REMEDIAL STATUTES (continued) — when in part penal, how construed, §§ 358-360. appeal or certiorari, § 440. extending elective franchise, § 441. taking away penalties, § 441. providing compensation to those whose property is compulsorily taken, in favor of taxed persons, § 441. of those affected by proceedings in derogation of their rights, § 441. of married women, § 442. of ship-owners, § 442. for accomplishment of important public objects, § 443. what are such, § 207. liberally construed, § 207. such construction when precluded, § 207. statutes may be remedial in part and penal in part, § 208. what are, for purpose of liberal construction, §§ 408, 412, 434, 445. statutes such, unless excluded by some rule of construction, §§ 410, 412. intention of to be carried out, § 409. more liberally inferred in construing such statutes, § 409. construed liberally to reach mischief and advance remedy, §§ 410, 411. use of particular words will not be permitted to control evident inten- what testamentary bond construed to include, § 423. construction of statute of limitations, §§ 424–426. act to prevent delays in obtaining judgment, § 435. act extending time, in exceptional cases, for presenting claims against act for execution of powers of will, by successor of executor, § 436. act making void bequest to witness to will, § 436. statutes intended to promote the convenience of suitors, § 437. to improve procedure, § 437. or promote public convenience, § 438. provision that trial judge file of record his charge to jury, § 437. for set-off of value of improvements, § 437. act empowering court to decide about costs on commissions de lunatico, REMEDY- may be changed if right not impaired, § 164. restored by repeal of law prohibiting, § 164. when affirmative statute provides, where one existed at common law, rule where such statutes successively provide, § 202. liberal construction given to statutes to advance, § 430. REMEDY (continued) — - everything may be done consistently with any construction for that but not where contrary intention clearly expressed, § 430. statutes of limitation relate to, § 479. no vested right in, § 482. new remedy may be added to or substituted for those which exist, § 482. subject, however, to a contrary intent appearing, and consider- governed by law of forum, § 13. given by statute, limited to strict statutory bounds, § 392. not to be enlarged by construction, § 392. only available on statutory conditions, §§ 392, 393. when new given, one already existing, § 399. REPEAL- when added to unconstitutional act, § 175. words expressing absolutely may be qualified by context, § 242. of law giving jurisdiction takes away power to proceed in pending cases, effect of repealing statute adopted by general reference, § 257. power of repeal, § 136. modes of, § 137. will take effect from any subsequent statute expressing intent, § 137. the word repeal not necessary, § 137. repealing words may be qualified by context, § 242. suspension not a repeal, § 137. what is, § 137. what are repealing statutes, § 209. may be express or implied, § 137. is express when declared in direct terms, § 137. is implied when there is subsequent repugnant legislation, §§ 137, 138. takes effect when repealing statute goes into operation, § 137. when statutes profess to make a change repeal suggested, § 137. repeal of all laws within purview is a repeal of all on same subjects, repugnancy of later statute causes repeal, § 137. being ascertained, later act in date or position will prevail, §§ 138, 170. of unconstitutional provision has no effect, §§ 137, 147. will not repeal private act, § 137. non-user or custom will not repeal, § 137. statute will not cease on removal of some of the evils aimed at, § 137. implied repeals ascertained as legislative intent is ascertained in other not favored, and only allowed to extent of repugnancy, § 138. REPEAL (continued) - difference in repealing effect between affirmative and negative statutes, repugnance of any previous statute contrary to a negative statute read- 139. not so apparent in case of affirmative statutes, §§ 139, 140. when affirmative words imply a negative, § 140. new grant of part of power already possessed repeals residue, § 141. common law is repealed as to a common law offense when it is defined and enacted by statute which also prescribes the punishment, § 142. if an offense identified by name or otherwise is altered in degrees or inci- where a new law covers whole subject of an old one, adds new offenses a revision is an implied repeal, § 143. where act does not refer to old law, defines an offense punishable by old no repeal where penalty reduced or place of confinement changed, granting a larger or a different power is a repeal of limitations, § 145. where new grant ignores former conditions, § 145. radical change in leading part of an act will repeal inconsistent pro- restriction on bottomry loans impliedly removed on abolition of monop- estate by curtesy abolished by enlargement of rights of married women, implied, removed their exemption from statute of limitations, § 146. no repeal by re-enactment of part of act in another for a different nor will suspension of latter suspend the other, § 147. statutes adopted by reference not repealed by repeal of statute adopted, instance of appointing election on county seat question at April elec- presumption against implied repeal, and courts endeavor to harmonize illustrations, §§ 148-153. 4 |