Commentaries on the Laws of England in One Volume Together with a Copious Glossary of Writers Referred To, and a Chart of Descent of English Sovereigns |
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... received in England , where a mild system of laws had long been established , and though the clergy adopted it with eagerness , yet the laity , who were more interested in preserving the old constitution , continued wedded to the use of ...
... received in England , where a mild system of laws had long been established , and though the clergy adopted it with eagerness , yet the laity , who were more interested in preserving the old constitution , continued wedded to the use of ...
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... receive no stronger sanction , from being also declared to be duties by the law of the land . Mala in se . Crimes forbidden by the superior law , and therefore styled mala in se , contract no additional turpitude from being declared ...
... receive no stronger sanction , from being also declared to be duties by the law of the land . Mala in se . Crimes forbidden by the superior law , and therefore styled mala in se , contract no additional turpitude from being declared ...
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... received sense of them . Reason and Spirit of the Law . This is the most univer- sal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law , when the words are dubious , viz .: to consider the cause which moved the legislator to ...
... received sense of them . Reason and Spirit of the Law . This is the most univer- sal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law , when the words are dubious , viz .: to consider the cause which moved the legislator to ...
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... receive their binding power and the force of laws by long and immemorial usage , and by their universal reception through the kingdom . Our laws , says Lord Bacon , are as mixed as our language , and as our language is so much the ...
... receive their binding power and the force of laws by long and immemorial usage , and by their universal reception through the kingdom . Our laws , says Lord Bacon , are as mixed as our language , and as our language is so much the ...
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... receiving pardon ; and the party suffering shall also have his private action against the person committing , and shall recover treble costs , besides his damages , the minimum being five hundred pounds . Expulsion Illegal . Though ...
... receiving pardon ; and the party suffering shall also have his private action against the person committing , and shall recover treble costs , besides his damages , the minimum being five hundred pounds . Expulsion Illegal . Though ...
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Popular passages
Page 172 - land " includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it.
Page 565 - Equity, then, in its true and genuine meaning, is the soul and spirit of all law: positive law is construed, and rational law is made, by it. In this, equity is synonymous, to justice; in that, to the true sense and sound interpretation of the rule.
Page 595 - But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Page 44 - Not by absolutely stripping the subject of his property in an arbitrary manner ; but by giving him a full indemnification and equivalent for the injury thereby sustained.
Page 144 - The husband is bound to provide his wife with necessaries by law, as much as himself; and, if she contracts debts for them, he is obliged to pay them; but for anything besides necessaries he is not chargeable.
Page 203 - They could not leave their lord without his permission ; but if they ran away, or were purloined from him, might be claimed and recovered by action, like beasts, or other chattels. They held indeed small portions of land, by way : of sustaining themselves and families, but it was at the mere will of the lord, who ¡ might dispossess them whenever he pleased...
Page 520 - Special juries were originally introduced in trials at bar, -when the causes were of too great nicety for the discussion of ordinary freeholders; or where the sheriff was suspected of partiality, though not upon such apparent cause as to warrant an exception to him.
Page 604 - ... receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the Church of England...
Page 32 - Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation and the condition of an infant colony; such, for instance, as the general rules of inheritance, and of protection from personal injuries.
Page 326 - A recognisance is an obligation of record, which a man enters into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act ; as to appear at the assizes, to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.