These laws must be construed according to the intention of them: and the circumstances of things at the time of enacting them ought to be taken into consideration.


Rex v. Inhabitants of Burton-Bradstock (1765), Burrow (Settlement Cases), 536.

John Eardley Wilmot Quotes

These laws must be construed according to the intention of them: and the circumstances of things at the time of enacting them ought to be taken into...

These laws must be construed according to the intention of them: and the circumstances of things at the time of enacting them ought to be taken into...

These laws must be construed according to the intention of them: and the circumstances of things at the time of enacting them ought to be taken into...

These laws must be construed according to the intention of them: and the circumstances of things at the time of enacting them ought to be taken into...