Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - Law |
From inside the book
Page
... receive a strict construction ........ ..76-79 6. Particular laws are such as , by special custom , are adopted and ... received in their full extent in any other territories besides the kingdom of England , and the dominion of Wales ...
... receive a strict construction ........ ..76-79 6. Particular laws are such as , by special custom , are adopted and ... received in their full extent in any other territories besides the kingdom of England , and the dominion of Wales ...
Page 11
... receive their present form of scholastic discipline ; that they were then , and continued to * be [ * 21 till the time of the Reformation , entirely under the influence of the popish clergy ; ( Sir John Mason the first Protestant ...
... receive their present form of scholastic discipline ; that they were then , and continued to * be [ * 21 till the time of the Reformation , entirely under the influence of the popish clergy ; ( Sir John Mason the first Protestant ...
Page 21
... receive and apprehend them . For , though such knowledge as is necessary for a judge is hardly to be acquired by the lucubrations of twenty years , yet , with a genius of tolerable perspicacity , that knowledge which is fit for a person ...
... receive and apprehend them . For , though such knowledge as is necessary for a judge is hardly to be acquired by the lucubrations of twenty years , yet , with a genius of tolerable perspicacity , that knowledge which is fit for a person ...
Page 27
... receive benefit by so doing . This is , indeed , to make virtue a mercenary thing and reduce all motives to a level . And , as self - love or the desire of happiness is the only rational motive , ( and all men possess this in a ...
... receive benefit by so doing . This is , indeed , to make virtue a mercenary thing and reduce all motives to a level . And , as self - love or the desire of happiness is the only rational motive , ( and all men possess this in a ...
Page 32
... receive the royal assent ; and the former rule was abolished , to use the words of the statute , by reason of " its great and manifest injustice . " In the United States , an act of Congress takes effect from the time of its passage ...
... receive the royal assent ; and the former rule was abolished , to use the words of the statute , by reason of " its great and manifest injustice . " In the United States , an act of Congress takes effect from the time of its passage ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
act of parliament advowson afterwards alien ancient appointed authority bishop called CHAPTER church civil clergy Coke common law consent constitution contract copyhold corporation court court of chancery crown custom death declared descend dower duty ecclesiastical Edward election Eliz emblements enacted entitled execution feodal freehold gavelkind grant guardian hath heirs held Henry Henry VIII house of lords husband Ibid infant inheritance Inst issue judges justice king king's kingdom knight-service lands laws of England lease legislature liable liberty Litt lord lord Coke manor marriage ment nation nature necessary oath original parish particular peers person possession prerogative prince principles privileges queen reason reign rent royal rule seisin serjeanty servant sheriff Sir Edward Coke socage Stat statute tenant tenements tenure thing tion tithes unless vested VIII villein villenage wife words writ