Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 1J.D. Parsons, jr., 1875 |
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... taken under its protection this infant seminary of common law ; and the more effectually to foster and cherish it , king Henry III . , in the nineteenth year of his reign , issued an order directed to the mayor and sheriffs of London ...
... taken under its protection this infant seminary of common law ; and the more effectually to foster and cherish it , king Henry III . , in the nineteenth year of his reign , issued an order directed to the mayor and sheriffs of London ...
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... taken away by a repeal of the statute . Hoppock v . Stone , 49 Barb . 524 . Although a verbal promise to revive a debt may be valid at the time of making the contract , a statute subsequently enacted which requires a written promise ...
... taken away by a repeal of the statute . Hoppock v . Stone , 49 Barb . 524 . Although a verbal promise to revive a debt may be valid at the time of making the contract , a statute subsequently enacted which requires a written promise ...
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... taken down by persons present at the determination . The reports are extant in a regular series from the reign of king Edward II . inclusive ; and from this time to that of Henry VIII . were taken by the prothonataries , or chief ...
... taken down by persons present at the determination . The reports are extant in a regular series from the reign of king Edward II . inclusive ; and from this time to that of Henry VIII . were taken by the prothonataries , or chief ...
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... taken judicial notice of without proof . On the other hand , " When a general usage has been judicially ascertained and established , it becomes a part of the law merchant , which courts of justice are bound to know and recognise . Such ...
... taken judicial notice of without proof . On the other hand , " When a general usage has been judicially ascertained and established , it becomes a part of the law merchant , which courts of justice are bound to know and recognise . Such ...
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... taken at their free liberty , by their own consent , to be used among them ; and have bound themselves by long use and custom to the observance of the same : not as to the observance of the laws of any foreign prince , potentate , or ...
... taken at their free liberty , by their own consent , to be used among them ; and have bound themselves by long use and custom to the observance of the same : not as to the observance of the laws of any foreign prince , potentate , or ...
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Popular passages
Page 289 - ... that it is bona fide his Intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Page 289 - ... 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 390 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law. it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 289 - States three years next preceding his arriving at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and after he has resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority...
Page 323 - That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion, from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State or States most convenient to the place of danger or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper.
Page 105 - The absolute rights of man, considered as a free agent, endowed with discernment to know good from evil, and with power of choosing those measures which appear to him to be most desirable, are usually summed up in one general appellation, and denominated the natural liberty of mankind. This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature...
Page 330 - States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property...
Page 186 - ... doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the said united church shall be and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now by law established for the church of England ; and that the continuance and preservation of the said united church, as the established church of England and Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the union...
Page 286 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 364 - Vol. 1, p. 442 . . .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...