The Student's Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books |
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... give injunc- tions to every particular man , relative to each particular action , it is incumbent on the state to establish general rules for the perpetual information and direction of all persons in all points , whether of positive or ...
... give injunc- tions to every particular man , relative to each particular action , it is incumbent on the state to establish general rules for the perpetual information and direction of all persons in all points , whether of positive or ...
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... give light or assistance . For it is an esta- blished rule to abide by former precedents , where the same points come again in litigation ; as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady ; as also because the law in that case ...
... give light or assistance . For it is an esta- blished rule to abide by former precedents , where the same points come again in litigation ; as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady ; as also because the law in that case ...
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... give them no authority here : all the strength that either the papal or imperial laws have obtained in this realm is only because they have been received by immemorial usage in some particular cases ; and then they form a branch of the ...
... give them no authority here : all the strength that either the papal or imperial laws have obtained in this realm is only because they have been received by immemorial usage in some particular cases ; and then they form a branch of the ...
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... give a more specific relief , and one more adapted to the circumstances of the case , than can always be obtained by the generality of the rules of the positive or common law . THE LAWS OF ENGLAND . BOOK THE FIRST . OF 14 INTROD . THE ...
... give a more specific relief , and one more adapted to the circumstances of the case , than can always be obtained by the generality of the rules of the positive or common law . THE LAWS OF ENGLAND . BOOK THE FIRST . OF 14 INTROD . THE ...
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... give a great , an artful , or a wealthy man , a larger share in elections than is consistent with general liberty . If it were probable that every man would give his vote freely and without influence of any kind , then , upon the true ...
... give a great , an artful , or a wealthy man , a larger share in elections than is consistent with general liberty . If it were probable that every man would give his vote freely and without influence of any kind , then , upon the true ...
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Popular passages
Page 55 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established by law ? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? — King or queen. All this I promise to do.
Page 27 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 558 - Fourthly, all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously; for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.
Page 21 - THE third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of property : which consists in the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions, without any control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land.
Page 262 - ... by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 486 - But to punish, as the law does at present, any dangerous or offensive writings which when published shall on a fair and impartial trial' be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Page 486 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press: but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous...
Page 313 - ... be indicted in that term or session, or else admitted to bail ; unless the king's witnesses cannot be produced at that time ; and if acquitted, or if not indicted and tried in the second term or session, he shall be discharged from his imprisonment for such imputed offence...
Page 21 - So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
Page 243 - A contract, which usually conveys an interest merely in action, is thus defined: 'an agreement upon sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing'.