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Page 250 - EVOLUTION, etc., and the biographies of the great thinkers cited should be read in connection with their themes. Science has constantly tended to separate itself from metaphysics, and to use its hypothesis merely as a means for further investigation of phenomena. The outcome has been the formulation and general acceptance of a theory of universal development from the simple to the complex, from the homogeneous to the specialized ; and Organic Evolution or the Doctrine of Descent is the application...
Page 41 - Law, is applied to those subjects which have to do with the relations of individuals to the various branches of government. Private Law includes the rules governing the relations of individuals to each other, and their rights in and over property. While, for some purposes, Substantive and Remedial Law are so closely connected that a complete knowledge of one is not possible without an acquaintance with the other, yet, in general, it may be said that, for practical purposes, the average layman is...
Page 49 - ... various steps in a legal proceeding other than the rules of evidence (qv ) and the rules of pleading (qv). The judicial proceeding may be directed towards the person, when it is said to be in personam; or it may be directed towards the property, when it is said to be in rem. See IN PERSONAM: IN REM; LAW. In English jurisprudence three distinct systems of procedure corresponding and adapted to distinct systems of jurisprudence were developed respectively by the courts of common law, the courts...