Commentaries on American Law, 1. köideW. Kent, 1854 |
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... instances I may have been led into more detail than may be thought consistent with the plan of the publication . My apology is to be found in the difficulty of being really useful on some branches of the law , without going far into ...
... instances I may have been led into more detail than may be thought consistent with the plan of the publication . My apology is to be found in the difficulty of being really useful on some branches of the law , without going far into ...
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... Instance Court of Admiralty ,. 414 5. Civil jurisdiction of the District Courts ,. . 418 421 6. Territorial Courts of the United States , .. LECTURE XVIII . — Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments , 426 1. Of ...
... Instance Court of Admiralty ,. 414 5. Civil jurisdiction of the District Courts ,. . 418 421 6. Territorial Courts of the United States , .. LECTURE XVIII . — Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments , 426 1. Of ...
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... instances of great humanity shown to prisoners of war . During a cessation of arms in the course of the Pelo- ponnesian war , Athens and Sparta agreed to an exchange or mutual surrender of prisoners . The sound judgment and profound ...
... instances of great humanity shown to prisoners of war . During a cessation of arms in the course of the Pelo- ponnesian war , Athens and Sparta agreed to an exchange or mutual surrender of prisoners . The sound judgment and profound ...
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... instance * of the feeble beginnings , the slow and interrupted pro- * 13 gress , and final and triumphant success of the principles of public right . Valina imputes the barbarous custom of plun- dering shipwrecked property , not merely ...
... instance * of the feeble beginnings , the slow and interrupted pro- * 13 gress , and final and triumphant success of the principles of public right . Valina imputes the barbarous custom of plun- dering shipwrecked property , not merely ...
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... instances within time of memory , of unwarrant- able and flagrant violations of the independence of nations . The interference of Russia , Prussia and Austria , in the inter- nal government of Poland , and first dismembering it of large ...
... instances within time of memory , of unwarrant- able and flagrant violations of the independence of nations . The interference of Russia , Prussia and Austria , in the inter- nal government of Poland , and first dismembering it of large ...
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Page 509 - To avoid improper influences which may result from intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title.
Page ii - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Page 297 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President. if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of...
Page 330 - L. 78) declares, that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners ; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State.
Page 500 - So, if a law be in opposition to the Constitution, if both the law and the Constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the Constitution, or conformably to the Constitution, disregarding the law, the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.
Page 652 - States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Page 326 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 499 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the Legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
Page 43 - ... provided that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 627 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.