R v Pearce
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1879 |
| Year | 1879 |
| Court | Divisional Court |
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3 cases
- Re Application by Lennox Arthur and Calvin Hermanstyne
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Deeble v Robinson
...by the definition. 4 Many observations can be found in reported cases on Interpretation clauses. In ( Regina v. Pearce 5 Queen's Bench Division page 386 at page 389), Mr Justice Lush said, "But I think an interpretation clause should be used for the purpose of interpreting words which are a......
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O'halloran et Al v Sylvan
... ... The clause in fact declares what the meaning is to be or what may be included in it where the circumstances require that it should bear that meaning or have that ambit. ‘An interpretation clause’, said Lush, J., (in R. v. Pearce (1880) 5 Q.B.D. 386 at p. 389) ‘should be used for the purpose of interpreting words which are ambiguous or equivocal and not so as to disturb the meaning of such as are plain’.” ... 9 In the light of the considerations to which I have referred, it seems to me ... ...