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Words having a distinct meaning must bear their primary legal import.
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We can judge of the intent of the parties only by their words.
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An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction.
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Wherever a law is productive of tyranny, I shall ever give my consent to narrow the construction.
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Definition, founded upon etymology, is not satisfactory, etymology being often in itself unsettled.
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When a person undertakes to explain his own meaning, we are not to extend the same by construction.
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As a Judge sitting here to interpret the rule, I must take it exactly as it is.
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