Commentaries on American Law, Volume 2W. Kent, 1848 - Law |
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... notice to the party , and a conviction , judgment , and execution . A re- view founded on the record may be had by habeas corpus or certiorari . The People v . Phillips , N. Y. C. Court . See N. Y. Legal Observer for April , 1847 , p ...
... notice to the party , and a conviction , judgment , and execution . A re- view founded on the record may be had by habeas corpus or certiorari . The People v . Phillips , N. Y. C. Court . See N. Y. Legal Observer for April , 1847 , p ...
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... notice annexed to the pleas , was not permitted to go to the jury to explain , mitigate and repel the inference of malice . The observations of Mr. Wendell on those cases appear to be well founded , and unless the jury are permitted to ...
... notice annexed to the pleas , was not permitted to go to the jury to explain , mitigate and repel the inference of malice . The observations of Mr. Wendell on those cases appear to be well founded , and unless the jury are permitted to ...
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... notice The of the substance of the revised statute of New- * 29 York , and which , no doubt , contains equally the substance of the statute provisions on the subject in every state of the Union , ( for they are all taken from the same ...
... notice The of the substance of the revised statute of New- * 29 York , and which , no doubt , contains equally the substance of the statute provisions on the subject in every state of the Union , ( for they are all taken from the same ...
Page 31
... Notice of the arrest is to be immediately given to the government of the other state . If the general sessions of the peace be held in the intermedi- ate time , they have jurisdiction given them over the whole subject . Again by act of ...
... Notice of the arrest is to be immediately given to the government of the other state . If the general sessions of the peace be held in the intermedi- ate time , they have jurisdiction given them over the whole subject . Again by act of ...
Page 31
... notice thereof given , and the person then to be surrendered to the executive authority making the demand , or its agent . I am not aware that there has been any judicial opinion on this provision , and as it stands I should apprehend ...
... notice thereof given , and the person then to be surrendered to the executive authority making the demand , or its agent . I am not aware that there has been any judicial opinion on this provision , and as it stands I should apprehend ...
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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...