THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1844.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1845.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1846.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1847.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1848.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1849.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1850.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1851.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1852.
THE COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1853.
THE
COMIC ALMANACK
FOR 1844.
SIMPLE RULES FOR INTERPRETING ACTS OF
PARLIAMENT.
Always avoid reading the preamble, which is likely to confuse rather
than to enlighten. It sets forth not what the act is to do, but what it
undoes: and confuses you with what the law was, instead of telling you
what it is to be.
When you come to a very long clause, skip it altogether, for it is sure
to be unintelligible. If you try to attach one meaning to it, the
lawyers are sure to attach another; and, therefore, if you are desirous
of obeying an act of Parliament, it will be safer not to look at it, but
wait until a few contrary decisions have been come to, and then act upon
the latest.
When any clause says either one thing or the other shall be right, you
may make sure that both will be wrong.