Cases and Opinions on Constitutional Law: And Various Points of English Jurisprudence, Collected and Digested from Official Documents and Other Sources; with Notes |
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... King's Advocate , Sir James Marriott , on enforcing residence at a living in Barbadoes in the case of the Rev. Mr. Bar- nard ( 6. ) Opinion of the King's Advocate , Sir Christopher Robinson , on a Marriage performed by a Methodist ...
... King's Advocate , Sir James Marriott , on enforcing residence at a living in Barbadoes in the case of the Rev. Mr. Bar- nard ( 6. ) Opinion of the King's Advocate , Sir Christopher Robinson , on a Marriage performed by a Methodist ...
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... King's Advocate , on the origin of the Court of Admiralty .. .. .. .. ( 2. ) Opinion of the King's Advocate , Sir J. Cooke , on the Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty in the Colonies ( 3. ) Of the same , on the seizure of a Spanish ...
... King's Advocate , on the origin of the Court of Admiralty .. .. .. .. ( 2. ) Opinion of the King's Advocate , Sir J. Cooke , on the Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty in the Colonies ( 3. ) Of the same , on the seizure of a Spanish ...
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... King's right to the woods in the Province of Maine .. PAGE .. 130 .. 133 ( 3. ) of the Law Officers , Sir Dudley Ryder and Sir William Murray , on the King's right to certain waste lands in New Hampshire .. ( 4. ) of the Law Officers ...
... King's right to the woods in the Province of Maine .. PAGE .. 130 .. 133 ( 3. ) of the Law Officers , Sir Dudley Ryder and Sir William Murray , on the King's right to certain waste lands in New Hampshire .. ( 4. ) of the Law Officers ...
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... King might appoint a Governor of Maryland , in a case of necessity , notwithstanding an existing Charter by which ... King's College , in New Brunswick , and the grant of an amended Charter .. ( 6. ) Of the Law Officers , Sir F. Thesiger ...
... King might appoint a Governor of Maryland , in a case of necessity , notwithstanding an existing Charter by which ... King's College , in New Brunswick , and the grant of an amended Charter .. ( 6. ) Of the Law Officers , Sir F. Thesiger ...
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... King's Advocate 472 .. .. 477 478 .. .. 479 Sir James 480 APPENDIX . Commissions of Martial Law issued by King Charles I. Geoffroy's Case , in France ( 1832 ) .. .. Mr. Dudley Field's Argument in McCardle's Case .. .. .. 481 483 491 ...
... King's Advocate 472 .. .. 477 478 .. .. 479 Sir James 480 APPENDIX . Commissions of Martial Law issued by King Charles I. Geoffroy's Case , in France ( 1832 ) .. .. Mr. Dudley Field's Argument in McCardle's Case .. .. .. 481 483 491 ...
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Page 493 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 347 - Magistrates, respectively, to the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered ; and if, on such hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge, it shall be the duty of the examining Judge or Magistrate to certify the same to the proper executive authority, that a warrant may issue for the surrender of such fugitive.
Page 288 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty, or property...
Page 489 - It was shown in the last paper that the political apothegm there examined does not require that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments should be wholly unconnected with each other. I shall undertake, in the next place, to show that unless these departments be so far connected and blended as to give to each a constitutional control over the others, the degree of separation which the maxim requires, as essential to a free government, can never in practice be duly maintained.
Page 491 - That said rebel States shall be divided into military districts, and made subject to the military authority of the United States, as hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the first district; North Carolina and South Carolina the second district; Georgia, Alabama, and Florida the third district; Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district; and Louisiana and Texas the fifth district.
Page 522 - The parties belligerent in a public war are independent nations. But it is not necessary to, constitute war, that both parties should be acknowledged as independent nations or sovereign States. A war may exist where one of the belligerents claims sovereign rights as against the other.
Page 489 - The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity, and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.
Page 489 - Committee, that a national Government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Page 292 - American citizens who now hold lands in the dominions of His Majesty, shall continue to hold them according to the nature and tenure of their respective estates and titles therein; and may grant, sell, or devise the same to whom they please, in like manner as if they were natives; and that neither they nor their heirs or assigns shall, so far as may respect the said lands and the legal remedies incident thereto, be regarded as aliens.
Page 291 - Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.