"The legislative intent was for these incentive vehicles not to be taxed ever, at all, " she said.
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However, in Irish courts the Convention must give way both to clear legislative intent and to any countermanding requirement of the Constitution.
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These principles of legislative intent often overlap with those principles of statutory construction that courts have developed to interpret ambiguous or incomplete legislation.
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However, the justices have been far more reluctant to overturn specific laws enacted by Congress where they had found a clear legislative intent.
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"To rebid this contract runs afoul of the legislative intent to create a lottery with maximum efficiency, " he said.
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Under " Sandoval ", contextual evidence of legislative intent is relevant only insofar as it clarifies the meaning of the text.
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The legislative intent was that carriage negotiations for broadcast stations should play out on the same terms as those for non-terrestrial channels.
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The statutory language and its history instructively reveal no legislative intent or hint to extend the right and responsibility of adoption to cohabitating unmarried adults,
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When a statute is clear and unambiguous, the courts have said, repeatedly, that the inquiry into legislative intent ends at that point.
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The attorney general did not believe that there was any indication in the statutes of a legislative intent to extend insurance coverage to domestic partners.
