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Page 22
... British subjects , and which children did not become citizens till after our independence was established , cannot inherit real estate , descending previous to the time when they so became citizens ; but will , as to such estate , be ...
... British subjects , and which children did not become citizens till after our independence was established , cannot inherit real estate , descending previous to the time when they so became citizens ; but will , as to such estate , be ...
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... British arms becomes a dominion of the king in right of his crown , & c .; and , secondly , that the con- quered inhabitants , once received under the king's protection , become subjects , and are universally to be considered in that ...
... British arms becomes a dominion of the king in right of his crown , & c .; and , secondly , that the con- quered inhabitants , once received under the king's protection , become subjects , and are universally to be considered in that ...
Page 37
... British subjects to their own government , on the erection of our go- vernment in 1776 , has thrown them into the class of aliens by election , a definition I think properly applied to them in the new edition of Blackstone , ( see vol ...
... British subjects to their own government , on the erection of our go- vernment in 1776 , has thrown them into the class of aliens by election , a definition I think properly applied to them in the new edition of Blackstone , ( see vol ...
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... British property in this country through all time , there is still less reason to contend for the rights of antenati , or , rather , an infinitely stronger reason for their abandonment . In that case , which is the pre- sent case ...
... British property in this country through all time , there is still less reason to contend for the rights of antenati , or , rather , an infinitely stronger reason for their abandonment . In that case , which is the pre- sent case ...
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... British subjects in a fourfold point of view . I say British subjects , and not antenati , because that ground of title , as I have just endeavoured to shew , is entirely aban- doned by that treaty . I will consider those rights , first ...
... British subjects in a fourfold point of view . I say British subjects , and not antenati , because that ground of title , as I have just endeavoured to shew , is entirely aban- doned by that treaty . I will consider those rights , first ...
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Page 47 - It is agreed that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of his Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States.
Page 48 - Restitution of all Estates, Rights and Properties which have been confiscated belonging to real British Subjects; and also of the Estates Rights and Properties of Persons resident in Districts in the Possession of his Majesty's Arms, and who have not borne Arms against the said United States.
Page 48 - ... now in possession the bona fide price, (where any has been given) which such persons may have paid on purchasing any of the said lands, rights or properties since the confiscation. And it is agreed that all persons who have any interest in confiscated lands, either by debts, marriage-settlements or otherwise, shall meet with no lawful impediment in the prosecution of their just rights.
Page 167 - Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 50 - 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 43 - ... it being unjust and impolitic that debts and engagements contracted and made by individuals, having confidence in each other and in their respective governments, should ever be destroyed or impaired by national authority on account of national differences and discontents.
Page 67 - English statute of frauds, so far as to require a conveyance of any " estate of inheritance or freehold, or for a term of more than one year, in lands and tenements...
Page 233 - ... a cough and turned to the wall with his pot in his hand. But Mr. Trimmer went out and gave notice that he was there ; whereupon the mob flowed in and he was in extreme hazard of his life; but the lord mayor saved him and lost himself. For the chancellor being hurried with such crowd and noise before him, and appearing so dismally not only disguised but disordered ; and there having been an amity betwixt them, as also a veneration on the lord mayor's part, he had not spirits to sustain the shock...
Page 139 - That his excellency the governor be, and he is hereby requested...