Two Centuries' Growth of American Law, 1701-1901C. Scribner's Sons, 1901 - 538 էջ |
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... statute passed in 1715 , to this effect , was repealed by the Lords Justices in Council , in 1719. Pennsylvania Statutes at Large , III . 32 . 3 Such was the case of Frost v . Leighton in the Superior Court of Judicature of ...
... statute passed in 1715 , to this effect , was repealed by the Lords Justices in Council , in 1719. Pennsylvania Statutes at Large , III . 32 . 3 Such was the case of Frost v . Leighton in the Superior Court of Judicature of ...
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... statute of Connecticut passed in 1784 , on the recommendation of Roger Sherman and Richard Law , requiring the Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts to file written opinions , in disposing of cases on points of law , so that they ...
... statute of Connecticut passed in 1784 , on the recommendation of Roger Sherman and Richard Law , requiring the Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts to file written opinions , in disposing of cases on points of law , so that they ...
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... statute to be in conflict with the Constitution , and therefore invalid , is not one lightly used . It is often invoked , but seldom exercised . The statute will be supported unless the conflict is clear . It will be set aside , even ...
... statute to be in conflict with the Constitution , and therefore invalid , is not one lightly used . It is often invoked , but seldom exercised . The statute will be supported unless the conflict is clear . It will be set aside , even ...
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... statute be enacted in contravention of them , the courts can declare it void , although neither any particular ... statutes are deemed valid which do not offend the governing Constitution , however repugnant they may seem to the com- mon ...
... statute be enacted in contravention of them , the courts can declare it void , although neither any particular ... statutes are deemed valid which do not offend the governing Constitution , however repugnant they may seem to the com- mon ...
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... statutes which gave form and character to the English real property law had been enacted , among them the Statute De Donis , 2 which gave rise to estates tail , and the Statute Quia Emptores , 3 which by prohibiting subinfeudation broke ...
... statutes which gave form and character to the English real property law had been enacted , among them the Statute De Donis , 2 which gave rise to estates tail , and the Statute Quia Emptores , 3 which by prohibiting subinfeudation broke ...
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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.