The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 6Freeman & Bolles, 1831 |
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Page 56
... held . These two last acts were repealed by an act passed in 1802 , which reduced the term of residence to five years . The greater part of this act is still in force . The present law on the subject of naturalization , is to be found ...
... held . These two last acts were repealed by an act passed in 1802 , which reduced the term of residence to five years . The greater part of this act is still in force . The present law on the subject of naturalization , is to be found ...
Page 57
... held , one year at least , and ' that during that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character , attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States , and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same ...
... held , one year at least , and ' that during that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character , attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States , and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same ...
Page 58
... held . The oaths to be taken and proof of his moral charac- ter , & c . during the two years , are the same as those to be taken by other aliens , and the proceedings are to be recorded in the same manner.1 This provision was no doubt ...
... held . The oaths to be taken and proof of his moral charac- ter , & c . during the two years , are the same as those to be taken by other aliens , and the proceedings are to be recorded in the same manner.1 This provision was no doubt ...
Page 68
... held not to be entitled to a return of any part of the premium ; that is to say , the premium cannot be apportioned . And yet in a previous case , ( Ste- venson v . Snow ) 3 not easily reconcilable with the last , where the insurance ...
... held not to be entitled to a return of any part of the premium ; that is to say , the premium cannot be apportioned . And yet in a previous case , ( Ste- venson v . Snow ) 3 not easily reconcilable with the last , where the insurance ...
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... held that the lender at respondentia on the captain's adventure on an East India voyage , might insure his interest under the description of goods , wares , and merchandise , ' in virtue of a particular custom to this effect . Here was ...
... held that the lender at respondentia on the captain's adventure on an East India voyage , might insure his interest under the description of goods , wares , and merchandise , ' in virtue of a particular custom to this effect . Here was ...
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Page 240 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Page 57 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the 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 262 - THAT all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 317 - ... it may well be doubted, whether those tribes which reside within the acknowledged boundaries of the United States, can, with strict accuracy, be denominated foreign nations. They may, more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory to which we assert a title independent of their will, which must take effect in point of possession when their right of possession ceases. Meanwhile, they are in a state or pupilage; their relation to the United States resembles...
Page 58 - The children of persons duly naturalized, under any of the laws of the United States, or who, previous to the passing of any law on that subject, by the Government of the United States...
Page 174 - That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.
Page 317 - Is the Cherokee nation a foreign state in the sense in which that term is used in the constitution?
Page 442 - ... may be indicted and convicted either as an .accessory before the fact to the principal felony, together with the principal felon, or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony, whether the principal felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice...
Page 174 - That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of Virginia, ought to be erected or established within the limits "thereof.
Page 271 - The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.