 The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly is, perhaps, not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested...  Lawyers' Reports Annotated - Page 2671909Full view - About this book
 | Theodore Schroeder - Constitutional law - 2002 - 480 pages
...construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of the individuals ; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested...which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment. ... To determine that a case is within the intention of a statute its language must authorize us to... | |
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