Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1George W. Childs, 1867 - Law |
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... Henry . John died an infant , Charles and Henry were educated at Winchester , under the care of their uncle Dr. Bigg , who was warden of that society , and were afterwards both fellows of New College , Oxford ; Charles became a fellow ...
... Henry . John died an infant , Charles and Henry were educated at Winchester , under the care of their uncle Dr. Bigg , who was warden of that society , and were afterwards both fellows of New College , Oxford ; Charles became a fellow ...
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... Henry the 3d , which he and many of his friends judged to be an original . The Editor of the Charters , however , thought otherwise , and excused himself ( in a note in his In- troduction ) for having made no use of its various readings ...
... Henry the 3d , which he and many of his friends judged to be an original . The Editor of the Charters , however , thought otherwise , and excused himself ( in a note in his In- troduction ) for having made no use of its various readings ...
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... Henry the Sixth , ) puts ( n ) a very obvious question in the mouth of the young prince , whom he is exhorting to apply himself to that branch of learning : " why the laws of England , being so good , so fruitful , and so commodious ...
... Henry the Sixth , ) puts ( n ) a very obvious question in the mouth of the young prince , whom he is exhorting to apply himself to that branch of learning : " why the laws of England , being so good , so fruitful , and so commodious ...
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... Henry the Third ( p ) , that " common pleas should no longer follow the king's court , but be held in some certain place : " in consequence of which they have ever since been held ( a few necessary removals in times of the plague ...
... Henry the Third ( p ) , that " common pleas should no longer follow the king's court , but be held in some certain place : " in consequence of which they have ever since been held ( a few necessary removals in times of the plague ...
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... Henry the Sixth it was thought highly necessary , and was the universal practice , for the young nobility and gentry to be instructed in the originals and elements of the laws . But by degrees this custom has fallen into disuse ; so ...
... Henry the Sixth it was thought highly necessary , and was the universal practice , for the young nobility and gentry to be instructed in the originals and elements of the laws . But by degrees this custom has fallen into disuse ; so ...
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Page 1 - There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Page 355 - 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...
Page 177 - 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 :
Page 196 - Majesty's realms and dominions the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia and of all forces by sea and land and of all forts and places of strength is and by the laws of England ever was the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England, and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot nor ought to pretend to the same...
Page 101 - In this and similar cases the legislature alone can, and indeed frequently does, interpose, and compel the individual to acquiesce. But how does it interpose and compel? 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 141 - An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him.*?
Page 89 - ... protect individuals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights, which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature; but which could not be preserved in peace without that mutual assistance and intercourse, which is gained by the institution of friendly and social communities. Hence it follows that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals.
Page 78 - Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 117 - ... there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate; yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still 'in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative', when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Page 167 - ... heirs; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born: as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child; or a daughter, whose present hopes may be hereafter cut off by the birth of a son.