Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws: Generally, and in Their Conflict with Each Other, and with the Law of England, 1. köideSaunders and Benning, 1838 |
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Page xii
... minors , of aliens , and slavery . The status of husband and wife necessarily includes the constitution and dissolution of marriage , and its effects on property . The law of the domicile has so extensive an influence on the decision of ...
... minors , of aliens , and slavery . The status of husband and wife necessarily includes the constitution and dissolution of marriage , and its effects on property . The law of the domicile has so extensive an influence on the decision of ...
Page xxviii
... minors by the Roman law . ( c ) Thus also the trying of treason after the death of the traitor was approved by parliament on account of its conformity to the common law , though there was no special law , act , nor provision of the ...
... minors by the Roman law . ( c ) Thus also the trying of treason after the death of the traitor was approved by parliament on account of its conformity to the common law , though there was no special law , act , nor provision of the ...
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... disposal of the persons and estates of lunatics , and the appointment of guardians of minors . ( a ) Jamaica Act . 33 Car . 2 , c . 23 , § 1 . In all the other colonies which have been yet mentioned xxxviii PRELIMINARY TREATISE ON THE.
... disposal of the persons and estates of lunatics , and the appointment of guardians of minors . ( a ) Jamaica Act . 33 Car . 2 , c . 23 , § 1 . In all the other colonies which have been yet mentioned xxxviii PRELIMINARY TREATISE ON THE.
Page xxxix
... minors . III . Gibraltar has not been considered a plantation or colony . ( b ) The first charter of justice for Gibraltar was granted in the seventh year of the reign of George I. and it applied to personal property only . But by a ...
... minors . III . Gibraltar has not been considered a plantation or colony . ( b ) The first charter of justice for Gibraltar was granted in the seventh year of the reign of George I. and it applied to personal property only . But by a ...
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... minors under the authority of their guardians or tutors ; the sentences of courts , which place prodigals and others under interdicts against the aliena- tion of their property ; and those laws which regulate such contracts or ...
... minors under the authority of their guardians or tutors ; the sentences of courts , which place prodigals and others under interdicts against the aliena- tion of their property ; and those laws which regulate such contracts or ...
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Page xxxiv - But this must be understood with very many and very great restrictions. Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation and the condition of an infant colony ; such for instance as the general rules of inheritance and of protection from personal injuries.
Page 732 - The children of persons who have been duly naturalized under any law of the United States, or who, previous to the passing of any law on that subject, by the Government of the United States...
Page 707 - For it is a principle of universal law, that the natural-born subject of one prince cannot by any act of his own, no, not by swearing allegiance to another, put off or discharge his natural allegiance to the former : for this natural allegiance was intrinsic, and primitive, and antecedent to the other; and cannot be devested without the concurrent act of that prince to whom it was first due.
Page 555 - ... upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them...
Page 731 - ... declare, on oath, and prove to the satisfaction of the court, that for two years next preceding it has been his bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States; and he shall, in all other respects, comply with the laws in regard to naturalization.
Page xxxiii - That if there be a new and uninhabited country found out by English subjects, as the law is the birthright of every subject, so, wherever they go, they carry their laws with them, and therefore such new found country is to be governed by the laws of England...
Page lxvii - Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westminster; and that every Person disobeying any such Writ so to be issued by the said President shall be considered as in Contempt of the said Judicial Committee, and shall also be liable to such and the same Penalties and Consequences as if such Writ had issued out of the said Court of King's Bench, and may be sued for such Penalties in the said Court.
Page 205 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 463 - And these are called real chattels, as being interests issuing out of, or annexed to, real estates ; of which they have one quality, viz. immobility, which denominates them real ; but want the other, viz. a sufficient, legal, indeterminate duration ; and this want it is, that constitutes them chattels.
Page 512 - ... be executed by her in the character of protector for the sole purpose of giving her consent to the disposition of a tenant in tail, shall, upon her executing the same, or afterwards, be produced and acknowledged by her as her act and deed before a judge of one of the superior Courts at Westminster, or a master in chancery, or before two of the perpetual commissioners, or two special commissioners, to be respectively appointed as hereinafter provided.