Proceedings ..., Volume 23New York State Bar Association, 1900 |
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... Statutes . This corporation shall deposit a copy of its charter , constitution and by - laws , and of each of its annual reports , in the State Library at Albany , and each of the libraries provided for the use of the justices of the ...
... Statutes . This corporation shall deposit a copy of its charter , constitution and by - laws , and of each of its annual reports , in the State Library at Albany , and each of the libraries provided for the use of the justices of the ...
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... statutes are in the way , statutes can be repealed . If there exist constitutional limitations or restrictions , constitutions as well as statutes can be amended . In the ultimate , the will of the people in regard to the existence ...
... statutes are in the way , statutes can be repealed . If there exist constitutional limitations or restrictions , constitutions as well as statutes can be amended . In the ultimate , the will of the people in regard to the existence ...
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... by will and the laws of descent and distribution in case of a person's dying intes- tate are purely artificial . Inheritance depends altogether 1 upon the local statute prevailing at the time and 26 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS .
... by will and the laws of descent and distribution in case of a person's dying intes- tate are purely artificial . Inheritance depends altogether 1 upon the local statute prevailing at the time and 26 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS .
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... statute , in the following words , if enacted by the New York legislature , now sitting , would undoubtedly be con- stitutional and be enforced by the courts : 66 Section 1. All statutes providing for the making and probating of wills ...
... statute , in the following words , if enacted by the New York legislature , now sitting , would undoubtedly be con- stitutional and be enforced by the courts : 66 Section 1. All statutes providing for the making and probating of wills ...
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... statutes for the inheritance of property ? Better would it be to establish a despotism at once and gamble for a king . 3. No vested right would be infringed and no injustice done to anyone by the proposed legislation . It is not ...
... statutes for the inheritance of property ? Better would it be to establish a despotism at once and gamble for a king . 3. No vested right would be infringed and no injustice done to anyone by the proposed legislation . It is not ...
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Page 157 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
Page 278 - When the transfer is by will or by the intestate laws of this State from any person dying seized or possessed of the property while a resident of this State. Second. When the transfer is by will or intestate law of property within the State, and the decedent was a non-resident of the State at the time of his death.
Page 98 - The usage of the world is, if a nation be not entirely subdued, to consider the holding of conquered territory as a mere military occupation, until its fate shall be determined at the treaty of peace. If it be ceded by the treaty, the acquisition is confirmed, and the ceded territory becomes a part of the nation to which it is annexed, either on the terms stipulated in the treaty of cession, or on such as its new master shall impose.
Page 254 - Association is formed to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the law, to facilitate the administration of justice, to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, and to cherish a spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.
Page 98 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States by this treaty shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of the privileges, rights and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 22 - ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking ; We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our un worthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 99 - Perhaps the power of governing a territory belonging to the United States, which has not, by becoming a state acquired the means of self,government, may result necessarily from the facts, that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular state, and is within the power and jurisdiction of the United States, The right to govern, may be the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory, Whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned...
Page 64 - An opinion is huddled up in conclave, perhaps by a majority of one, delivered as if unanimous, and with the silent acquiescence of lazy or timid associates, by a crafty chief judge, who sophisticates the law to his mind, by the turn of his own reasoning.
Page 107 - Constitution, which provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty and property, without due process of law. And an Act of Congress which deprives a citizen of the United States of his liberty or property, merely because he came himself or brought...
Page 112 - The right to peaceably assemble and petition for redress of grievances, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, are rights of the citizen guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.