Columbia Law Times: A Monthly Review Devoted to Law and Political Science, Volume 4Dennis, 1891 |
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... decisions to the year 1889 . In this country there are digests of State decisions : thus , in New York , we have Abbott's , Clinton's and Brightley's . Abbott's is the most carefully prepared . In addition to the State Digest there is a ...
... decisions to the year 1889 . In this country there are digests of State decisions : thus , in New York , we have Abbott's , Clinton's and Brightley's . Abbott's is the most carefully prepared . In addition to the State Digest there is a ...
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... decisions methodically arranged under appropriate legal topics . A digest should only be used as a mode of consulting reports and should never be implicitly relied on , as the only safe course is to read the case digested and use the ...
... decisions methodically arranged under appropriate legal topics . A digest should only be used as a mode of consulting reports and should never be implicitly relied on , as the only safe course is to read the case digested and use the ...
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... decisions called Privy Council cases . The Privy Council is the highest court of appeals in cases coming from the colonies , as for ex- ample , Canada or India . These cases are often very important . The leading re- porters for many ...
... decisions called Privy Council cases . The Privy Council is the highest court of appeals in cases coming from the colonies , as for ex- ample , Canada or India . These cases are often very important . The leading re- porters for many ...
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... decision of an individual judge does not have in general the same weight as that made by the appellate branch of court . This remark , however , must not be extended to decisions of the Court of Chancery under its former or- ganization ...
... decision of an individual judge does not have in general the same weight as that made by the appellate branch of court . This remark , however , must not be extended to decisions of the Court of Chancery under its former or- ganization ...
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... deciding not to spend the larger sum necessary to meet the necessities of the case . A late number of The Christian Union contained an article on " Municipal Mis- government , " by President Low . We ad- vise every student to read the ...
... deciding not to spend the larger sum necessary to meet the necessities of the case . A late number of The Christian Union contained an article on " Municipal Mis- government , " by President Low . We ad- vise every student to read the ...
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Page 144 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 86 - ... 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 in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it; 4.
Page 29 - ... a legally qualified practitioner of medicine of the city, town or place where...
Page 115 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
Page 146 - State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Page 57 - There is no presumption in this country that every person knows the law; it would be contrary to common sense and reason, if it were so.
Page 115 - Queretaro, and every male naturalized citizen thereof, who shall have become such ninety days prior to any election, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which he claims his vote ninety days, and in the election precinct thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections...
Page 147 - Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 227 - The relief granted to the plaintiff, if there be no answer, cannot exceed that which he shall have demanded in his complaint; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the complaint and embraced within the issue.