 | William Sampson - Common law - 1824 - 76 pages
...cannot be long delayed, and which alone can satisfy the determined will of the people. Having adopted the common law of England so far as it is not repugnant to our constitutions, we have a mighty interest to know clearly what it is, and from what slock it comes.... | |
 | Ebenezer Meriam - Finance - 1847 - 224 pages
...management, good government, and general welfare of the city, as are not, or may not be prohibited by, or inconsistent with, the Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution of this State, or any law thereof; and to affix penalties to the violation of any city law ; but such... | |
 | California, Selucius Garfielde, Frederick A. Snyder - Law - 1853 - 1108 pages
...of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : Common low of The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or England to rale decisions of inconsistent with the constitution of the United btates, or the constitution... | |
 | William Anderson Scott - Freedom of religion - 1859 - 162 pages
...it not just as fully the birth-right of the Israelite, the Italian and the Turk? It is true, also, that "the common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant or inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution or laws of the State... | |
 | James De Fremery - Mortgages - 1860 - 118 pages
...13, 1850," the common law of England was made " the rule of decision in all the courts of this State, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with...the United States, or the constitution or laws of California." § 5. The common law, intent upon avoiding injury to commerce, the moving power alike... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Conflict of laws - 1862 - 854 pages
...tolerated in this State." Art. II. sec. 1, limits the suffrage to whites. 1850, c. 95. An act declaring "the common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent witb the Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution or laws of the State of California,... | |
 | Charles Allen Sumner, William McLellan Cutter - Impeachments - 1862 - 760 pages
...enactment. The common law of England, therefore, having been adopted, by statute, as the law ot' the State, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, and the Constitution and legislative acts of California, must be referred... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - Law - 1865 - 662 pages
...approved May 18, 1861, 523.] Common Hato. An Act adopting the common law. Pawed April 13, l SSO, 319. 699. The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent r.uieofdeci»ion with the constitution of the united States, or the constitution or laws of the State... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - Civil procedure - 1868 - 416 pages
...LAW. An Act adopting the common law. Passed April 13, 1850, 219. Common law the rule of decision. 735. The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the constitntion of the United States, or the constitntion or laws of the State of California, shall he... | |
 | Law - 1884 - 550 pages
...as treason, murder, and duelling, as uow provided by law. LAWS AND CODIFICATION — SYSTEM OF LAW. The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State and the United States, has been adopted by [the State of Nevada.... | |
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The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution or laws of this state, is the rule of decision in all the courts of this state. 
