Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - Law |
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Page 47
... whole western world , all laws were entirely traditional , for this plain reason , because the nations among which they prevailed had but little idea of writing . Thus the British as well as the Gallic Druids committed all their laws as ...
... whole western world , all laws were entirely traditional , for this plain reason , because the nations among which they prevailed had but little idea of writing . Thus the British as well as the Gallic Druids committed all their laws as ...
Page 53
... whole , however , we may take it as a general rule , " that the decisions of courts of justice are the evidence of what is common law " in the same manner as , in the civil law , what the emperor had once determined was to serve for a ...
... whole , however , we may take it as a general rule , " that the decisions of courts of justice are the evidence of what is common law " in the same manner as , in the civil law , what the emperor had once determined was to serve for a ...
Page 63
... whole community ; and of this the courts of law are bound to take notice [ * 86 judicially and ex officio ; without the statute being particularly pleaded , or for- mally set forth by the party who claims an advantage under it . Special ...
... whole community ; and of this the courts of law are bound to take notice [ * 86 judicially and ex officio ; without the statute being particularly pleaded , or for- mally set forth by the party who claims an advantage under it . Special ...
Page 89
... whole in king Edward IV . and his heirs , kings of England , forever ; but under a separate guiding and governance from the other inheritances of the crown . And in I Hen . VII . another act was made , to resume such parts of the duchy ...
... whole in king Edward IV . and his heirs , kings of England , forever ; but under a separate guiding and governance from the other inheritances of the crown . And in I Hen . VII . another act was made , to resume such parts of the duchy ...
Page 116
... whole royal line should at any time fail and become ex- tinct , which would indisputably vacate the throne : in this situation it seems reasonable to presume , that the body of the nation , consisting of lords and com- mons , would have ...
... whole royal line should at any time fail and become ex- tinct , which would indisputably vacate the throne : in this situation it seems reasonable to presume , that the body of the nation , consisting of lords and com- mons , would have ...
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