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Object of a statute

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Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The "object" of a stainte is the aim or purpose of the enactment, the end or design which it is meant to accomplish, while the "subject" is the matter to which it relates and with which it deals. Medical Examiners v. Fowler, 5O La. Ann. 1358, 24 South. 809; McNeely v. South Penn Oil Co., 52 W. Va. 616, 44 S. E. 508. 62 In R. A. 562; Day Land & Cattle Co., v. State, 68 Tex. 542, 4 S. W. 865.

Defined under Object in Black's Law Dictionary.