...construction of the statutory provision tinder which the deduction is sought, the general rule that "popular or received import of words furnishes the...general rule for the interpretation of public laws," Maillard v. Lawrence, 16 How. 251, 261, is applicable. Opinion of the Court. 308 US States, 276 US...

...shawls, are wearing apparel, and therefore subject to a duty of thirty per cent. under schedule C. The popular or received import of words furnishes...laws as well as of private and social transactions. THIS case was brought up by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern...

...the meaning of the word shawl underwent an elaborate discussion, and the doctrine was laid down that the popular or received import of words furnishes...laws, as well as of private and social transactions. Id. ibid. See opinion of Daniel, J. Id. 256. " SHEET," held to be " a book," within the meaning of...

...they were generally understood to mean when they were used, is too near axiomatic to be controverted. "The popular or received import of words furnishes...rule for the interpretation of public laws as well as private and social transactions." Maillardv. Lawrence, 16 llow. (US) 251, 201 ; Wetumpka \. Winter,...

...severely nor be applied in a manner calculated to prejudice the persons intended to be favored." .VI. The popular or received import of words furnishes the general rule for the interpretation of statutes. WiUcvrd v. Lawrence, 16 How. 251. VII. " Statutes should be construed according to the intent...

...elsewhere in search of conjectures in order to restrain or extinguish it, is to elude it. (Ibid., 14:!.) The popular or received import of words furnishes the general rule for the interpre'ation of statutes. (Ibid., 143.) Now in the light of these very plain and universal rules...

...Martin et al., 3 How. 106 ; Maillard v. Lawrence, 16 id. 251. In the last case, Mr. Justice Daniel says: "The popular or received import of words furnishes...as well as of private and social transactions; and when the legislature adopts such language to define and' promulgate their action, the just conclusion...

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...use and meaning. In the case of Maillard v. Lawrence, 10 How. 251, the court says: "The popular and received import of words furnishes the general rule for the interpretation of public laws." If the language is unambiguous, and its application to the case in hand is apt, reasonable, and natural,...