A Digest of the Laws of the United States: Including an Abstract of the Judicial Decisions Relating to the Constitutional and Statutory Law |
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... courts , or of any state court , in which any suit or action may be pending , on behalf of the United States , under their direction respectively , forward to the agent ( solicitor ) of the treasury a statement of the cases which have ...
... courts , or of any state court , in which any suit or action may be pending , on behalf of the United States , under their direction respectively , forward to the agent ( solicitor ) of the treasury a statement of the cases which have ...
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... court , as well as judges of the district courts , may grant writs of habeas corpus , for the purpose of inquiry ... court of the same , or are necessary to be brought into court to testify . ( 3 ) * Either of the justices of the supreme ...
... court , as well as judges of the district courts , may grant writs of habeas corpus , for the purpose of inquiry ... court of the same , or are necessary to be brought into court to testify . ( 3 ) * Either of the justices of the supreme ...
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... courts : Provided , Such rules be not repugnant to the laws of the United States : ( 1 ) The power of the several courts of the United States to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for contempts of court , shall not be con ...
... courts : Provided , Such rules be not repugnant to the laws of the United States : ( 1 ) The power of the several courts of the United States to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for contempts of court , shall not be con ...
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... COURT . SECTION I. How constituted , & c . Constitution - sessions - precedence of judges Adjournment of court on non - at- tendance of justices Court may be held at other than the stated place in case of sickness —power of district ...
... COURT . SECTION I. How constituted , & c . Constitution - sessions - precedence of judges Adjournment of court on non - at- tendance of justices Court may be held at other than the stated place in case of sickness —power of district ...
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... court , four justices thereof shall not attend on the day appointed for holding said session , such justice or jus- tices as may attend shall have authority to adjourn said court from day to day , for twenty days after the time ...
... court , four justices thereof shall not attend on the day appointed for holding said session , such justice or jus- tices as may attend shall have authority to adjourn said court from day to day , for twenty days after the time ...
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Page 201 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 200 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws, and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 114 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 180 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 122 - ... where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any state, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties, or laws, of the United States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity...
Page 214 - Croix River to the Highlands ; along the said Highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the River St Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the north-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 200 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 731 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, State, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty...
Page 616 - In the patent office a written description of the same, and of the manner and process of making, constructing, compounding, and using It, in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which It appertains, or with which It is most nearly connected, to make, construct compound, and use the same...
Page 195 - That section numbered sixteen in every township, and, when such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the state, for the use of the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools.