...Interpretation of Treaties. 262. -Nccefiity of efbblifhing rules of interpretation, 244 Firft general maxim — it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation, ibid. 264. Second general maxim — if he who could and ought to have explained himfclf, has not done...

...a celebrated writer on the law of nations J, that it is the first general maxim of interpretation, "that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation ;" and that when a deed is worded in clear and precise terms, when its meaning is evident, and leads...

...demolishing the fortifications. No maxim in public law is of higher and more general authority, than that " it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation." The American government subsequently consented that the fortifications should be demolished. The Spaniards,...

...separately responsible (e). OF i AUDI. EVIDENCE IN CONTRADICTION, &C., TO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT. — It is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. Qitoties in rerbis nulla est amblffuitns, ibi nulla exposilio contra verba Jienda est ( /'). The principle...

...case falling under that rule of Vattel, which he calls "the first general maxim of interpretation — That it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation." "In order (says Mr. Calhoun) to prevent so important a provision from being eluded, the provision immediately...

...exposition shall be made xvhich is opposed to the express words of the instrument, or in other words, it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. (Smith on Ht. 6f Const. Con. p. 651, sec. 505.) No such necessity was shown otherwise than by the presentation...

...carries no absurdity on the face of it. Such a procedure is a violation of that incontestable maxim — that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. (a) Much less are we allowed, — when the author of a piece has in the piece itself declared his reasons...

...any other kind of laws. § 478. The first general maxim of interpretation laid down by this writer is, that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation.(d) When the words of an act are in clear and precise terms, — when its meaning is...

...repress fraud and to prevent the effect of its artifices. The first general maxim of interpretation is, that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. When a deed is worded in clear and precise terms — when its meaning is evident, and leads to no absurd...

...carries no absurdity on the face of it. Such a procedure is a violation of that incontestable maxim, — that it is not allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation (§ 263). Much less are we allowed, — when the author of a piece has in the piece itself declared...