The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Professor of Law in the College of Philadelphia, Tom 2At the Lorenzo Press, printed for Bronson and Chauncey, 1804 |
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... mentioned ; " and also to the act entitled " An act supplementary to an act entitled " An act for the encouragement of learning , by securing the copies of maps , charts , and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during ...
... mentioned ; " and also to the act entitled " An act supplementary to an act entitled " An act for the encouragement of learning , by securing the copies of maps , charts , and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during ...
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... mentioned . The officers , who directed and managed the administration of the province , and the judges , who , at least in matters relating to publick law , had acquired a complete jurisdiction , retired from a country , abandoned by ...
... mentioned . The officers , who directed and managed the administration of the province , and the judges , who , at least in matters relating to publick law , had acquired a complete jurisdiction , retired from a country , abandoned by ...
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... mentioned by Sir William Black- stone is , the partible quality of lands by the custom of gavelkind , which still obtains in many parts of England , and , till the reign of Henry the eighth , prevailed univer- sally over Wales . This ...
... mentioned by Sir William Black- stone is , the partible quality of lands by the custom of gavelkind , which still obtains in many parts of England , and , till the reign of Henry the eighth , prevailed univer- sally over Wales . This ...
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... mentioned expresses himself , a mingled mass of Saxon Britons and British Saxons . i We are told of three kinds of laws used in England during the government of the Saxons : the Mercian law , h2 . Whitak . 235. 236 . i 2. Whitak . 111 ...
... mentioned expresses himself , a mingled mass of Saxon Britons and British Saxons . i We are told of three kinds of laws used in England during the government of the Saxons : the Mercian law , h2 . Whitak . 235. 236 . i 2. Whitak . 111 ...
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... : and whenever it can be done , it will amply repay all the care and trouble of the investigation . As has been already mentioned , the most 14. Bl . Com . 411-413 . M proper way to teach and to study the common LECTURES ON LAW . 31.
... : and whenever it can be done , it will amply repay all the care and trouble of the investigation . As has been already mentioned , the most 14. Bl . Com . 411-413 . M proper way to teach and to study the common LECTURES ON LAW . 31.
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Strona 301 - Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice ; and an overspeaking judge is no well-tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar; or to show quickness of conceit in cutting off evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information by questions, though pertinent.
Strona 51 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Strona 468 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; "Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Strona 235 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Strona 434 - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body, as well as in the individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
Strona 93 - It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses.
Strona 469 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not; It ought not to be sported with.
Strona 265 - Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Strona 133 - Commonwealth, for the space of one year next preceding, having a freehold estate within the same town, of the annual income of three pounds, or any estate of the value of sixty pounds, shall have a right to vote in the choice of a representative or representatives for the said town.