Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an Analysis of the Work, Tom 1S. Sweet, 1836 |
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Strona xiii
... true , And other doctrines thence imbibe , Than lurk within the sordid scribe ; Observe how parts with parts unite In one harmonious rule of right ; See countless wheels distinctly tend , By various laws , to one great end ; While ...
... true , And other doctrines thence imbibe , Than lurk within the sordid scribe ; Observe how parts with parts unite In one harmonious rule of right ; See countless wheels distinctly tend , By various laws , to one great end ; While ...
Strona xxvi
... true principles , it has produced results as favorable as its benevolent founders could desire . up The augmentation of the Judges ' salaries , calculated to make the deficiencies occasioned by the heavy taxes they are subject to , and ...
... true principles , it has produced results as favorable as its benevolent founders could desire . up The augmentation of the Judges ' salaries , calculated to make the deficiencies occasioned by the heavy taxes they are subject to , and ...
Strona xxvii
... to party violence , and moderate in his sentiments . In Parliament , he was a firm supporter of the true principles of our happy Constitution , in Church and State ; on the real merits of which few men were better LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
... to party violence , and moderate in his sentiments . In Parliament , he was a firm supporter of the true principles of our happy Constitution , in Church and State ; on the real merits of which few men were better LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
Strona liv
... true , the writer alluded to says else- where , " the text is comprehensive enough for the student , and cannot be so extended by citation of cases as to be rendered useful to the practitioner . " In estimating these conflicting ...
... true , the writer alluded to says else- where , " the text is comprehensive enough for the student , and cannot be so extended by citation of cases as to be rendered useful to the practitioner . " In estimating these conflicting ...
Strona 1
... true freedom is secure only when it is guarded by constitu- tional laws , which can neither be an- nulled nor suspended without the assent of the people , declared through their bond fide representatives ; then , as it seems to the ...
... true freedom is secure only when it is guarded by constitu- tional laws , which can neither be an- nulled nor suspended without the assent of the people , declared through their bond fide representatives ; then , as it seems to the ...
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Strona 210 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.
Strona 439 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Strona 412 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Strona 157 - 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 intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Strona 234 - And whereas the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the kings and queens who shall ascend the throne of this realm ought to administer the government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Strona 41 - Commentaries, remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid derive all their force and all their validity and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Strona 235 - 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.
Strona 60 - that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity,' did not extend to the surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street in a fit.
Strona 67 - This unwritten, or common law, is properly distinguishable into three kinds: 1. General customs; which are the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law, in its stricter and more usual signification. 2. Particular customs; which for the most part affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. 3. Certain particular laws ; which by custom are adopted and used by some particular courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction.
Strona 58 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be "a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.