Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, 1. köideJ.B. Lippincott, 1875 |
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... royal pupil . * That ancient collection of unwritten maxims and customs , which is * 17 ] called the common law , however compounded or from whatever fountains derived , had subsisted immemorially in this kingdom ; and , though somewhat ...
... royal pupil . * That ancient collection of unwritten maxims and customs , which is * 17 ] called the common law , however compounded or from whatever fountains derived , had subsisted immemorially in this kingdom ; and , though somewhat ...
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... royal pupil determines to engage in this study : " It will not be necessary for a gentleman , as such , to examine with a close application the critical niceties of the law . It will fully be sufficient , and he may well enough be ...
... royal pupil determines to engage in this study : " It will not be necessary for a gentleman , as such , to examine with a close application the critical niceties of the law . It will fully be sufficient , and he may well enough be ...
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... royal prerogative , or perhaps to abolish the kingly office , and thereby weaken ( if not totally destroy ) the strength of the executive power . But the constitu- tional government of this island is so admirably tempered and compounded ...
... royal prerogative , or perhaps to abolish the kingly office , and thereby weaken ( if not totally destroy ) the strength of the executive power . But the constitu- tional government of this island is so admirably tempered and compounded ...
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... royal assent , and that day shall be the date of its commencement . Many other similar instances might be adduced . It is therefore justly said in the civil law , that non omnium , quæ a majoribus constituta sunt , ratio reddi potest ...
... royal assent , and that day shall be the date of its commencement . Many other similar instances might be adduced . It is therefore justly said in the civil law , that non omnium , quæ a majoribus constituta sunt , ratio reddi potest ...
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... royal grant can be shown , depends entirely upon immemorial and established usage . - Such , lastly , are many par- ticular customs within the city of London , with regard to trade , apprentices , widows , orphans , and a variety of ...
... royal grant can be shown , depends entirely upon immemorial and established usage . - Such , lastly , are many par- ticular customs within the city of London , with regard to trade , apprentices , widows , orphans , and a variety of ...
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Page 36 - If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. 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 183 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them or any of them? King or queen, All this I promise to do.
Page 346 - 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 is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 28 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Page 393 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 319 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 391 - They are not : there is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Page 288 - 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 288 - States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 109 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man: and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.