Warrant is a written, sealed order, command, or writ, requiring and authorizing an officer or other person to do a particular act. It is usually applied to the process, by which criminals are arrested for trial or examination.
Writ of Error is a writ, which authorizes a Court of justice to bring a record before it, either of the same court, or of another court, in order to examine and decide, whether there is any error of law in the judgement, or other proceedings in that record; and, if there be, to correct the error.
Writ of Habeas Corpus, see Habeas Corpus.
Absent members of Congress, compelled to attend,90,91,292. Absolute governments, the pow- ers of, 46.
Account of the receipts and expen- ditures of all public money, to be published, 144, 145, 296. Accusation, self, criminals not bound to, 230, 233, 304. Accused, in cases of impeachment, 86. Privileges to the, 230- 234, 304. Not bound to testi- fy against themselves, 230, 233, 304. Examination of witnesses against the, 231, 235, 304.|| Counsel for, 231, 236, 304. Confessions of, 241. Acts, public, of the States, faith to be given to, 135, 301. Adams, John, Vice-President of
the United States, 34. Various offices held by, 325. Minister Plenipotentiary for the conclud- ing and signing the Definitive Treaty of Peace, between the United States of America and his Britannic Majesty, in 1783, 325, 329.
Adjournment of Congress, 92, 292. Bills not approved by the President at the time of, 98, 100, 293.
Admiralty and maritime jurisdic-
tion, jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in cases of, 186, 187,|| 194, 196, 221, 300. Admission of New States into the Union, 137, 301, 307. Afirmation, substitution of, for oath, 252, 298, 303.
Age, of Representatives, 54, 73,
289. Of Senators, 73, 291 Of President and Vice-Presi dent, 167, 298. Agreements between States, for bidden,156,296. See Alliances Alexandria, meeting of commis- sioners at, in 1785, 33. Aliens, suits by and against, in the courts of the United States, 211, 300. See Foreigners. Alliances, States forbidden
make, 146, 296. Washington, on domestic, 313; on foreign, 321. See Agreements, and Combination.
Ambassadors, appointment of, 172, 173, 299. To be received by the President, 176, 299. Suits by and against, 186, 192, 213, 221, 223, 300. Amendments to the Constitution, 161, 303. On the election of President and Vice-President, 161,163,305. On suits by and against the States, 203, 205,* 216, 305. On the appellate ju- risdiction of the Supreme Court, both as to law and fact, 225, 304.
On trial by jury, 230, 304. On search-warrants, 237, 303. On excessive bail, fines, and punishments, 237,238, 304. Mode of making, 246, 302. Re specting religious tolerance,254, 303. Articles of, 303. American, Washington on the name, 310. American Colonies, history of the, 11. Their title to the soil, 13 Times and manner of the settla- ment of the, 15. Governmente of the, 17. Rights and privi
leges of the, 19. 1egislative powers of the, 19. Common law of England introduced into the, 20. Political state of the, at the time of the Revolution, 22. Their connexion with Great Britain and with each other, 22. O Controversies between the, de- termined before the King in council, 200. Declaration of Independence of the, 275. American Revolution, see Revo- lution.
Annapolis, meeting of commission-
ers at, in 1786, 33. Appellate jurisdiction of the Na- tional Judiciary, 212, 300. Suggestions respecting it, 213- 228. Of inferior tribunals, 214, 218. On the exclusion of, by original jurisdiction, 215. Ex- tent of the, 217. Meaning of
and mode of exercising, 224. Qualified, 227, 304. Appointments to office, power of, 172-175, 299. By the Presi- ident, 172, 299. By Congress and the Heads of Departments, 172, 174, 299. When discre- tionary in Congress, 172, 174, 299. See Commissions, and Vacancies.
ileged as to, 93, 292; under the Confederation, 281. Arsenals, 129, 295. Reservation respecting, 130.
Articles, of Confederation, 279. Of the Constitution, 289. Of Amendments to the Constitution, 303. Provisional, of Peace,sign- ed at Paris, in 1782, 324. the Definitive Treaty of Peace, of 1783, 325. Of compact, be- tween the original States and the People and States in the Territory northwest of the river Ohio, 334. See Confederation Arts and sciences, promotion of the, 118, 294.-
Assemblies of the people, 264,
303. Claimed in the Declara- tion of Rights, of 1774, 274. Assemblies, Provincial, 17. Dis-
solution of, by English gover- nors, 92, 272. Attainder, effect of, in treason, 134, 135, 239, 301. Bills of, not to be passed, 144; by Congress, 144, 295; nor by the States, 146, 150, 296.
Authors, copy-rights for, 118, 294. Ayes and noes,in Congress,92,292.
Apportionment, of Representa- Bail, excessive, unconstitutional, tives, 56-62, 104, 290. Of di- rect taxes, 56-60, 97, 104, 290. Appropriations, for armies, 122, 123, 294. Before drawing money from the treasury, 144,
Aristocracy, absolute, or despotic,
Arms, on keeping and bearing, 264, 303.
Army, power of Congress as to the, 43, 122, 141, 294. Rev- olutionary, 122. Restrictions respecting the, 123, 294. A standing impolitic, 265; con- demned in the Declaration of Rights, of 1774, 274.
Baltimore, Lord, 18. William Penn versus, 201. Bankruptcy, power of Congress respecting, 114, 294. Impo- tency of the States as to, 115. Bills, power of the President to
approve and negative, 98, 293. Bills for raising revenue and tax-
Bills of attainder, not to be passed
by Congress, 144, 295; nor by the States, 146, 150, 296. Bills of credit, 146, 148. States forbidden to emit, 146,147,296 Meaning of, 147. Emission of under the Confederation, 286.
Ariest, members of Congress,priv- || Bills of indictment, 231.
Bills of Rights, of 1774, 24, 271. Of States, 48, 256. Under the Constitution, 255, 303; impor- tance of considered, 256. Blackstone, Sir William, on the laity in England, 82. On ex- culpation by witnesses, in capi- tal cases, 235. On counsel for accused persons, 236. On the liberty of the press, 263. Borrowing money, under the Con- federation, 29, 287. Under the Constitution, 107, 141, 294. Boston Port Bill, 271. Boundaries, between States, 200. || Of the United States, according to the Definitive Treaty of 1783, 325. For States in the North- western Territory, 336. Bribery, impeachment for, 81, 83, 299. Persons liable to be removed from office for, 178, 299.
Cabinet,see Heads of Departments. Canada, provision for the acces- sion of, to the Confederation, 287. Boundaries between the United States and, according to the Treaty of 1783, 325. Capital offences, and second trials for, 230, 232, 304. Capitation taxes, 103, 104, 295. Captures, 120, 122, 294. Juris- diction in cases of, 194. Cases, meaning of, in the sense of the Constitution, 189, 190. By implication, 191. In equity, 192, 216, 305. See Equity. Ceded places, power of Congress over, 129, 295. Reservation respecting, 130.
Censorship of the Press, 262. See Press.
Census, provision for the, 56, 58,
290. Capitation or other direct taxes according to the, 104, 295. Cessions, see Ceded Places. Charter granted by James I., 15. Charter governments, in the Amer
ican colonies, 18. Introduc- tion of the common law into the, 20.
Chief Justice shall preside at the trial of the President, 76, 78
Chisholm versus Georgia, 202. Church and State, alliance be tween, cut off, 253, 259, 303 Cicero condemned torture, 233 Circuitous voyages, 105. Citizens, privileges and immunities of, in each State, 242, 301. See Controversies, and Judiciary. Citizenship, of Representatives, 54, 55, 73, 290. Of Senators, 73, 291. Of the President and Vice-President, 167, 297. See Naturalization.
Civil obligation of contracts, on impairing the, 154.
Civil officers, meaning of, under the Constitution, 81. Clearances at custom houses, 105, 295.
Coinage of money, under the Con- federation, 30, 285. Power of Congress respecting, 116, 294. Counterfeiting, 116, 294. For- bidden to the States, 146, 147, 296.
Coke, Sir Edward, on the law of the land, 233. On witnesses in behalf of accused persons, 235. Colonial governments, 17. Colonies, see American Colonies. Colonists, sent to England for trial, 271.
Columbia, District of, 129, 295. Combination among the States, 156, 245. See Alliances. Commerce crippled, under the Confederation, 31. Foreign im- positions respecting, 32, 108 Power of Congress to regulate, 108, 109, 141, 294. State of, at the adoption of the Constitu- tion, 108. Meaning of the words "110. "to regulate commerce, See Duties, Taxes, and Trade. Commissioners, appointed by Ma-
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