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THE ELEVENTH LECTURE.
sense than their ordinary meaning, that sense must
be given to them.”1
Compare this with the manner in which the Three
Debt Maxim is arrived at.1
The Chitra Maxim and the Tad Vxapadesha Maxim
practically run on the same lines as 4he following topic
* in Maxwell :—Modification of the language to meet the
intention.
The 'remarks of Maxwell under the above head
are as follows :—
“Where the language of* a statute, in its ordinary
meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a
manifest contradiction 6f the apparent 'purpose of
the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity,
hardship, or injustice, presumably not intended, a
construction may tbe put upon it which modifies the
meaning of the words, and even the structure of the
sentence.”2
« t . «
Compare this with the way in which Chitra Maxim
and the Tad Vydpadeslia Maxim are settled.
The Khamesii Maxim and the Swamt Maxim as well
as the Tantrata and Prosanga principles amount to
presumptions against intending what is inconvenient or
unreasonable. '
t Under the above head Maxwell observes as
follows :—
“In determining either what was the general
object of the Legislature, or the meaning of its
language In any particular passage, it is obvious
H. Maxwell p. 95. (Third edition.)
2 Maxwell p. 3,19. Do,
THE ELEVENTH LECTURE.
sense than their ordinary meaning, that sense must
be given to them.”1
Compare this with the manner in which the Three
Debt Maxim is arrived at.1
The Chitra Maxim and the Tad Vxapadesha Maxim
practically run on the same lines as 4he following topic
* in Maxwell :—Modification of the language to meet the
intention.
The 'remarks of Maxwell under the above head
are as follows :—
“Where the language of* a statute, in its ordinary
meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a
manifest contradiction 6f the apparent 'purpose of
the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity,
hardship, or injustice, presumably not intended, a
construction may tbe put upon it which modifies the
meaning of the words, and even the structure of the
sentence.”2
« t . «
Compare this with the way in which Chitra Maxim
and the Tad Vydpadeslia Maxim are settled.
The Khamesii Maxim and the Swamt Maxim as well
as the Tantrata and Prosanga principles amount to
presumptions against intending what is inconvenient or
unreasonable. '
t Under the above head Maxwell observes as
follows :—
“In determining either what was the general
object of the Legislature, or the meaning of its
language In any particular passage, it is obvious
H. Maxwell p. 95. (Third edition.)
2 Maxwell p. 3,19. Do,