Commentaries on American Law, Volume 2W. Kent, 1848 - Law |
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... Massachusetts , in the infancy of their establishments , de- 2 * clared by law that the free enjoyment of the liber- ties , * which humanity , civility , and Christianity called for , was due to every man in his place and proportion ...
... Massachusetts , in the infancy of their establishments , de- 2 * clared by law that the free enjoyment of the liber- ties , * which humanity , civility , and Christianity called for , was due to every man in his place and proportion ...
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... Massachusetts of 1629 , powers were granted to the whole body of the proprietors to make laws not repugnant to the laws of England . The colonists of New - Plymouth assumed the necessary powers of government by an original compact among ...
... Massachusetts of 1629 , powers were granted to the whole body of the proprietors to make laws not repugnant to the laws of England . The colonists of New - Plymouth assumed the necessary powers of government by an original compact among ...
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... Massachusetts , Connecticut and New - York , already mentioned , the declaratory act of the assembly of the Plymouth colony in 1635 , and also in 1658 , and in 1671. ( Holmes ' Annals , vol . i . p . 232. Baylie's Historical Memoir of ...
... Massachusetts , Connecticut and New - York , already mentioned , the declaratory act of the assembly of the Plymouth colony in 1635 , and also in 1658 , and in 1671. ( Holmes ' Annals , vol . i . p . 232. Baylie's Historical Memoir of ...
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... Massachusetts , the house of assembly in New - York , and the house of bur- gesses in Virginia , took an early and distinguished part , upon the first promulgation of English measures of taxa- tion , in the assertion of their rights as ...
... Massachusetts , the house of assembly in New - York , and the house of bur- gesses in Virginia , took an early and distinguished part , upon the first promulgation of English measures of taxa- tion , in the assertion of their rights as ...
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... Massachusetts . The State v . Kittery , 5 Greenleaf , 254 . Commonwealth v . Waterborough , 5 Mass . Rep . 259. The Constitution of New York does not require an indictment in all criminal cases , for it ex- cepts petit larceny ; nor ...
... Massachusetts . The State v . Kittery , 5 Greenleaf , 254 . Commonwealth v . Waterborough , 5 Mass . Rep . 259. The Constitution of New York does not require an indictment in all criminal cases , for it ex- cepts petit larceny ; nor ...
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Page 314 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Page 6 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 509 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit, or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 92 - That one of the parties was physically incapable of entering into the marriage state.
Page 254 - State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States...
Page 507 - ... or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one...
Page 482 - The common law affords to every one reasonable protection against fraud in dealing ; but it does not go to the romantic length of giving indemnity against the consequences of indolence and folly, or a careless indifference to the ordinary and accessible means of information.
Page 219 - Constitution, includes all the jurisdiction, which was possessed and exercised by the Supreme Court of the Colony of New York, at any time, and by the Court of Chancery in England, on the 4th day of July, 1776; with the exceptions, additions, and limitations, created and imposed by the Constitution and laws of the state. Subject to those exceptions and limitations, the Supreme Court of the state has all the powers and authority of each of those courts, and exercises the same in like manner.
Page 116 - Mere austerity of temper, petulance of manners, rudeness of language, a want of civil attention and accommodation, even occasional sallies of passion, if they do not threaten bodily harm, do not amount to legal cruelty...