The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 23John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1893 |
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... duty , whenever the ques- tion arises , to decide what laws were in force and what were not . Doubtless any administrative department of the overnment , the land office , for in- tance - charged with the duty of dis- posing of the ...
... duty , whenever the ques- tion arises , to decide what laws were in force and what were not . Doubtless any administrative department of the overnment , the land office , for in- tance - charged with the duty of dis- posing of the ...
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... duty of the court to interfere and overrule a bad decision . Precedent should not have an over- whelming or despotic influence in shaping legal decisions . No elementary or well settled principle of law can be violated by any decision ...
... duty of the court to interfere and overrule a bad decision . Precedent should not have an over- whelming or despotic influence in shaping legal decisions . No elementary or well settled principle of law can be violated by any decision ...
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... duty as well as the right of the court to consider them carefully and to allow no previous error to continue if it can be corrected . The reason that the rule of stare decisis was promulgated was on the ground of public policy , and it ...
... duty as well as the right of the court to consider them carefully and to allow no previous error to continue if it can be corrected . The reason that the rule of stare decisis was promulgated was on the ground of public policy , and it ...
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... duty , or enjoin the officer from doing that which is inconsistent with that duty and with the plaintiff's rights in the premises . Perhaps the strongest assertion of this doctrine is found in Davis v . Gray , 16 Wall . ( U. S. ) 203 ...
... duty , or enjoin the officer from doing that which is inconsistent with that duty and with the plaintiff's rights in the premises . Perhaps the strongest assertion of this doctrine is found in Davis v . Gray , 16 Wall . ( U. S. ) 203 ...
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... duty requir- ing no exercise of discretion is to be performed , and performance is re- fused , any person who will sustain a personal injury by such refusal may have a mandamus to compel perform- ance ; and when such duty is threat ...
... duty requir- ing no exercise of discretion is to be performed , and performance is re- fused , any person who will sustain a personal injury by such refusal may have a mandamus to compel perform- ance ; and when such duty is threat ...
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