Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - Law |
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Page 44
... mean- * 60 ] ing from the context , with which it may be of singular use to compare a word , or a sentence , whenever they are ambiguous , equivocal , or intricate . Thus the proeme , or preamble , is often called in to help the ...
... mean- * 60 ] ing from the context , with which it may be of singular use to compare a word , or a sentence , whenever they are ambiguous , equivocal , or intricate . Thus the proeme , or preamble , is often called in to help the ...
Page 46
... means of getting at the truth by enforcing a discovery by the defendant under oath , and by the peculiar remedy it affords by injunction and the decree for specific performance . What the commentator does mean , perhaps , is what is ...
... means of getting at the truth by enforcing a discovery by the defendant under oath , and by the peculiar remedy it affords by injunction and the decree for specific performance . What the commentator does mean , perhaps , is what is ...
Page 66
... means to be employed for the purpose of giving effect to the power , and especially that there existed no limitation upon their right to appropriate the public money but their own judgment of what would conduce to the " general welfare ...
... means to be employed for the purpose of giving effect to the power , and especially that there existed no limitation upon their right to appropriate the public money but their own judgment of what would conduce to the " general welfare ...
Page 74
... means destroy ) the union . To illustrate this matter a little farther , an act of parlia ment to repeal or alter the act of uniformity in England , or to establish episcopacy in Scotland , would doubtless in point of authority be ...
... means destroy ) the union . To illustrate this matter a little farther , an act of parlia ment to repeal or alter the act of uniformity in England , or to establish episcopacy in Scotland , would doubtless in point of authority be ...
Page 85
... mean compliances in such as were competitors for receiving them ; it was now ordered by the law of king Edgar , ( y ) ... means ; for in such case all his tithes were ordained to be paid to the primariƦ ecclesia or mother - church . ( z ) ...
... mean compliances in such as were competitors for receiving them ; it was now ordered by the law of king Edgar , ( y ) ... means ; for in such case all his tithes were ordained to be paid to the primariƦ ecclesia or mother - church . ( z ) ...
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