...interpretation has always been founded upon the intention of the makers of the act, which they have collected sometimes by considering the cause and necessity of...making the act, sometimes by comparing one part of it with another and sometimes through extraneous circumstances. So that they have ever been guided...

...expositions have always been founded upon the intent of the legislature, which they have collected sometimes by considering the cause and necessity of...another, and sometimes by foreign circumstances.' The Court thereafter, at great length, examined the title of the bill, the debate, the hearings, etc.,...

...expositions have always been founded upon the intent of the legislature, which they have collected sometimes by considering the cause and necessity of...another, and sometimes by foreign circumstances." In Pier Co. vs. Hannam (3 B. & Aid. 266), CJ Abbott quotes from Lord Coke as follows : " Acts of Parliament...

...the statute, they were always guided by “the intent of the Legislature which they have collected sometimes by considering the cause and necessity of...of the Act with another, and sometimes by foreign 1 1 The work of government was integrated under the Crown, and the first duty of the judges was to...