The direct and necessary result of a statute must be taken into consideration when deciding as to its validity, even if that result is not in so many words either enacted or distinctly provided for.
— from Our Changing Constitution by Charles W. (Charles Wheeler) Pierson

A good man, Linden, in my opinion, only wants to do his duty, and that is very easily done.”
— from The Disowned — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Si enim consentiunt in futurum, dicentes, Accipiam te in virum, et ego te in uxorem, non est iste consensus efficax causa matrimonii": dist.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

But those who suffered under this statute report very differently as to its vigorous execution.
— from Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 2 of 3 by Henry Hallam

A good man, Linden, in my opinion, only wants to do his duty, and that is very easily done."
— from The Disowned — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron