Since we are construing Rule 8, however, the majority's bare citation to itand apparent reliance on the history of its passagemust be first considered.
We may note, however, in passing that § 1 of the Revised Statutes, 1 U.S.C. 1, 1 U.S.C.A. § 1, provides that 'words importing the singular number may extend and beapplied to several persons or things.' Beyond that is the fact that we are construing a provision of a tariff act designed, as we have said, to value imports for customs purposes by means of the buying rate of the invoice currency.
It goes on to say, "Look, in the light of the Florida Constitution and the general rights conferred there, we're construing it this way".
If we were construing Paragraph XVI in the first instance, we might conclude that the scope of Georgia's right against compelled self-incrimination is coterminous with the right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is limited to evidence of a testimonial or communicative nature.
A further problem has been drawn to my attention by Paul Spade, in his comments on an earlier draft of this article: "if every proposition signifies se esse veram, and we're construing the infinitival expression personally, we've got a problem.
Cecil seems "innocent" as animals are construed to be.
Hospitals are construed by some [ 31, 34] as unsafe.
The president stated, in his speech, that "We must finish the job we started in Afghanistan, and end this war responsibly". If "the job we started" is construed as keeping the Taliban from regaining control of the country under their terms, we could be stuck in that country with large numbers of troops far beyond 2014.
If "the job we started" is construed as keeping the Taliban from regaining control of the country under their terms, we could be stuck in that country with large numbers of troops far beyond 2014.
This voluntary surrender of power, by a man in good health, and a man as confident of his judgment and abilities as is the leading citizen of Johnson City, should not, we think be construed as a defeat, for it is very likely that if he had so chosen he would have won the nomination and, after that, the election.
"I don't think there's any way we could be construed as an agency," he said.
