Albany Law Journal, Volume 63Weed, Parsons & Company, 1901 |
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... political circumstances , very different and more fraught with danger to individual liberty than exist now . Its continuance in the face of its inadequacy is an anachronism and a prolific source of danger ; it is social tenderness ...
... political circumstances , very different and more fraught with danger to individual liberty than exist now . Its continuance in the face of its inadequacy is an anachronism and a prolific source of danger ; it is social tenderness ...
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... political , we still ad- hered to the old common - law forms derived from England . In New York city the Court of Common Pleas , which has existed down to a recent period , was known as the Mayor's Court , and in 1795 was pre- sided ...
... political , we still ad- hered to the old common - law forms derived from England . In New York city the Court of Common Pleas , which has existed down to a recent period , was known as the Mayor's Court , and in 1795 was pre- sided ...
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... political opponents who had fought two hardly - contested elections against one another . In those contests , over and over again , I recognized how magnanimous an op- ponent he was . Nobody knew better than himself that he was dealing ...
... political opponents who had fought two hardly - contested elections against one another . In those contests , over and over again , I recognized how magnanimous an op- ponent he was . Nobody knew better than himself that he was dealing ...
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... political meeting . Apropos of a recent case in Georgia , it is pro- posed to mention here a few of the cases in which it has been decided that a church - goer must not disregard the common proprieties that are usually insisted upon by ...
... political meeting . Apropos of a recent case in Georgia , it is pro- posed to mention here a few of the cases in which it has been decided that a church - goer must not disregard the common proprieties that are usually insisted upon by ...
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... Political Situation in Great Britain , " and others . To the student of con- temporaneous events no publication is more valuable or more welcome than the North American Review , which , under the editorship of Mr. Harvey , has made ...
... Political Situation in Great Britain , " and others . To the student of con- temporaneous events no publication is more valuable or more welcome than the North American Review , which , under the editorship of Mr. Harvey , has made ...
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Page 132 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 187 - But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist...
Page 362 - Could have attain'd the effect of your own purpose, Whether you had not sometime in your life Err'd in this point which now you censure him, And pull'd the law upon you. Ang. 'Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus, Another thing to fall. I not deny The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try.
Page 383 - 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 403 - The shareholders or stockholders of every banking or insurance corporation or association shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such corporation or association, to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares or stock.
Page 267 - Does this term designate the whole, or any particular portion of the American empire ? Certainly this question can admit of but one answer. It is the name given to our great republic, which is composed of States and territories. The district of Columbia, or the territory west of the Missouri, is not less within the United States, than Maryland or Pennsylvania...
Page 263 - II Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
Page 323 - ... 1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence. 2. When a person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence. 3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
Page 266 - The United States will, for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and merchandise of the United States.
Page 262 - States now or hereafter enacted, or against any person acting under or by authority of any such officer, on account of any act done under color of his office or of any such law, or on account of any right, title, or authority claimed by such officer or other person under any such law...