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" Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. "
Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases - Page 7087
1905 - 7839 pages
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 2

United States. Supreme Court, Richard Peters - 1829 - 758 pages
...is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument. [314] In the United States a different principle is established....stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engage to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial...
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American Annual Register, Volume 2; Volume 4

Joseph Blunt - 1830 - 646 pages
...sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument. In the United States a different prini:i|ile is established. Our constitution declares a treaty...of any legislative provision. But when the terms of ihe stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act,...
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The American Annual Register, Part 2

Joseph Blunt - 1835 - 624 pages
...instrument In the United States a different prin104 cipleis established. Our constitution declares a treat; to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded HI courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without...
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Outlines of the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States: Designed ...

William Alexander Duer - 1833 - 264 pages
...territories. 513. In the United States, however, it is settled by a decision of the Supreme Court, that as the Constitution declares a Treaty to be the " Law of the .Land," it is to be regarded in Courts of Justice as equivalent to a Legislative Act, whenever it operates of itself,...
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American Annual Register, Volume 2; Volume 4

Joseph Blunt - 1830 - 628 pages
...respective parties to the instrument. In the United States a different prin104 LAW CASES, &c. ciple is established. Our constitution declares a treaty...stipulation import a contract, when either of the patties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses.itselfto the political, not the judicial...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 37

United States. Supreme Court - 1838 - 850 pages
...and defined the line [The State of Rhode Island v. The State of Massachusetts.] between them thus: "Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law...stipulation import a contract; when either of the parties stipulate to perform a particular act; the treaty addresses itself to the political, not to the judicial...
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Digest of the Laws of Virginia: Which are of a Permanent Character ..., Volume 1

Joseph Tate - 1841 - 992 pages
...; but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument. In the United States a different principle is established....provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every...
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A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United ...

William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 442 pages
...different principle is established. It has been settled by the Supreme Court,* that, inasmuch as the Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land, it is to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the Legislature, whenever it operates...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 160

1845 - 436 pages
...different principle is established. It has been settled by the Supreme Court,* that, inasmuch as the Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land, it is to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the Legislature, whenever it operates...
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The New-York Legal Observer, Volume 5

Samuel Owen - 1847 - 490 pages
...carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument. In the US a different principle is established. Our constitution...land. It is consequently to be regarded in courts ol justice as equivalent to an act of the Legislature whenever it operates of itself without the aid...
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