The Student's Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books |
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... considered as a creature , must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator , for he is entirely a dependent being . A being , independent of any other , has no rule to pursue , but such as he pre- scribes to himself ; but a state ...
... considered as a creature , must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator , for he is entirely a dependent being . A being , independent of any other , has no rule to pursue , but such as he pre- scribes to himself ; but a state ...
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... considered as a rule of civil conduct , to enforce these rights , and to restrain or redress those wrongs . It remains , therefore , only to consider in what manner the law is said to ascertain the boundaries of right and wrong ; and ...
... considered as a rule of civil conduct , to enforce these rights , and to restrain or redress those wrongs . It remains , therefore , only to consider in what manner the law is said to ascertain the boundaries of right and wrong ; and ...
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... considered in their natural capacities are also of two sorts , absolute and relative . Absolute , which are such as appertain and belong to particular men , merely as individuals or single persons : relative , which are incident to them ...
... considered in their natural capacities are also of two sorts , absolute and relative . Absolute , which are such as appertain and belong to particular men , merely as individuals or single persons : relative , which are incident to them ...
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... considered as an indi- vidual , as those which belong to him considered as related to others . The absolute rights of man are usually summed up in one general appellation , and denominated the natural liberty of mankind . This natural ...
... considered as an indi- vidual , as those which belong to him considered as related to others . The absolute rights of man are usually summed up in one general appellation , and denominated the natural liberty of mankind . This natural ...
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... considered as one aggregate body ; fourthly and fifthly , the laws and customs relating to each house separately and distinctly taken ; sixthly , the method of proceeding , and of making statutes , in both houses ; and lastly , the ...
... considered as one aggregate body ; fourthly and fifthly , the laws and customs relating to each house separately and distinctly taken ; sixthly , the method of proceeding , and of making statutes , in both houses ; and lastly , the ...
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Page 55 - 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.
Page 27 - 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 entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 558 - Fourthly, all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously; for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.
Page 21 - THE third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of property : which consists in the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions, without any control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land.
Page 262 - ... by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 486 - But to punish, as the law does at present, any dangerous or offensive writings which when published shall on a fair and impartial trial' be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Page 486 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press: but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous...
Page 313 - ... be indicted in that term or session, or else admitted to bail ; unless the king's witnesses cannot be produced at that time ; and if acquitted, or if not indicted and tried in the second term or session, he shall be discharged from his imprisonment for such imputed offence...
Page 21 - So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
Page 243 - A contract, which usually conveys an interest merely in action, is thus defined: 'an agreement upon sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing'.