Two Centuries' Growth of American Law, 1701-1901C. Scribner's Sons, 1901 - 538 էջ |
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... determining a question of doubtful construction . That which would otherwise seem a usurpation , when standing through a course of years unchal- lenged by public opinion , may receive a certain authority from the silence of the people ...
... determining a question of doubtful construction . That which would otherwise seem a usurpation , when standing through a course of years unchal- lenged by public opinion , may receive a certain authority from the silence of the people ...
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... determined . This interweaving of the State and national courts is ren- dered the more easy , because as to matters ... determining what is the rule of the common law to be applied to a particular point occasions may arise upon which ...
... determined . This interweaving of the State and national courts is ren- dered the more easy , because as to matters ... determining what is the rule of the common law to be applied to a particular point occasions may arise upon which ...
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... determine its construction and to enforce its precepts in the last resort . " a 1 " En sortant . " Hudson v . Guestier , 6 Cranch's United States Reports , 281 . 2 Jameson on The Old Federal Court of Appeal , Papers of the American His ...
... determine its construction and to enforce its precepts in the last resort . " a 1 " En sortant . " Hudson v . Guestier , 6 Cranch's United States Reports , 281 . 2 Jameson on The Old Federal Court of Appeal , Papers of the American His ...
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... determining the changes in the law in this country is to ascertain the condition of the basis of that 1 Agricultural Holdings Acts of 1875 and 1883 . 2 Prescription Act of 1832 , and Real Property Limitation Acts of 1833 and 1874. See ...
... determining the changes in the law in this country is to ascertain the condition of the basis of that 1 Agricultural Holdings Acts of 1875 and 1883 . 2 Prescription Act of 1832 , and Real Property Limitation Acts of 1833 and 1874. See ...
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... determine how far the common law has been introduced and sanctioned in each . " The relation of the state to the land presents a funda- mental question . Under the feudal system the King was the ultimate owner of whom the subject held ...
... determine how far the common law has been introduced and sanctioned in each . " The relation of the state to the land presents a funda- mental question . Under the feudal system the King was the ultimate owner of whom the subject held ...
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Էջ 242 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Էջ 500 - And I do hereby also make known, that whosoever of the citizens of the United States shall render himself liable to punishment or forfeiture under the law of nations, by committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any of the said powers, or by carrying to any of them those articles, which are deemed contraband by the modern usage of nations...
Էջ 25 - Council of revision with authority to examine every act of the National Legislature before it shall operate, & every act of a particular Legislature before a Negative thereon shall be final; and that the dissent of the said Council shall amount to a rejection, unless the Act of the National Legislature be again passed, or that of a particular Legislature be again negatived by of the members of each branch.
Էջ 242 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Էջ 279 - Charter of the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen in the Communion of the Church of England, in America...
Էջ 243 - The amount hereafter to be raised by tax for county or city purposes, in any county containing a city of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, or any such city of this State, in addition to providing for the principal and interest of existing debt, shall not in the aggregate exceed in any one year two per centum of the assessed valuation of the real and personal estate of such county or city, to be ascertained as prescribed in this section in respect to county or city debt.
Էջ 175 - ... no devise in writing of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable, otherwise than by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating the same by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent...
Էջ 23 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Էջ 141 - suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States in any case where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law.
Էջ 351 - The Constitution of the United States provides that "a person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.