Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, 14. köidePublished for John Conrad and Company, 1853 |
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... construction it received in the courts of Maryland ; because the right of the plaintiff in the Circuit Court to demand bail depends altogether upon the act of Congress . And if there is any discrepancy between this act and the act of ...
... construction it received in the courts of Maryland ; because the right of the plaintiff in the Circuit Court to demand bail depends altogether upon the act of Congress . And if there is any discrepancy between this act and the act of ...
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... construction of law . And , consequently , the time for a rehearing must have gone by before an appeal could be taken . In the House of Lords , in England , to which the appeal lies from the Court of Chancery , a rehearing is altogether ...
... construction of law . And , consequently , the time for a rehearing must have gone by before an appeal could be taken . In the House of Lords , in England , to which the appeal lies from the Court of Chancery , a rehearing is altogether ...
Page 40
... construction . The 6th section of the act of 1818 , is a penal enactment and must be construed strictly , and the proof to sustain an offence against it must be direct and positive . The contract affords not only no such proof , but no ...
... construction . The 6th section of the act of 1818 , is a penal enactment and must be construed strictly , and the proof to sustain an offence against it must be direct and positive . The contract affords not only no such proof , but no ...
Page 88
... construction of the canal , and the diversion of the waters of the river for that pur- pose , but deraur to the declaration , and set forth as causes of demurrer " That the act of the legislature of the then Province of Penn- Rundle et ...
... construction of the canal , and the diversion of the waters of the river for that pur- pose , but deraur to the declaration , and set forth as causes of demurrer " That the act of the legislature of the then Province of Penn- Rundle et ...
Page 93
... construction of the proviso under consideration , that it cannot be construed as a grant of the waters of a public river for private use , or a fee - simple estate in the usufruct of them , " without diminution or altera- tion . " It ...
... construction of the proviso under consideration , that it cannot be construed as a grant of the waters of a public river for private use , or a fee - simple estate in the usufruct of them , " without diminution or altera- tion . " It ...
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Page 275 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the district...
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Page 233 - Wisconsin, which are not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitation, or be altered or repealed by the legislature.
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Page 20 - Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a state or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both.
Page 507 - On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said circuit court in this cause be and the same is hereby reversed...
Page 76 - This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this Court, that the...
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Page 47 - All questions relative to the government of foreign nations, whether of the old or new world, have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them until the clearest evidence was in their possession, to enable them not only to decide correctly, but to shield their decisions from every unworthy imputation.