intendment
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The law must govern in its natural and plain intendment, and will not be frittered away by extraneous interpretation.
From History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868 by Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)
That reformation is one part of the Holy Ghost's intendment in that text, is Gualther's opinion as well as mine, yet he thinks Gualther his own.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Yet manifested he is, as the intendment of the work he was about required,—manifested to reproach and ignominy for our sin.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
A corporation aggregate of many is invisible, immortal, and rests only in intendment and consideration of the law.
From Notes and Queries, Number 236, May 6, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
Other differences cropped up as to the phraseology of the Wilson Resolution and its legal intendment.
From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace
