Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1T.B. Wait, & Company, 1807 - Law |
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... punishments ; or to be transported for any time not exceeding fourteen years , at the discretion of the court.- -See Vol . I : 130. n . 8 . II . If any person shall wilfully and maliciously administer to , or cause to be administered to ...
... punishments ; or to be transported for any time not exceeding fourteen years , at the discretion of the court.- -See Vol . I : 130. n . 8 . II . If any person shall wilfully and maliciously administer to , or cause to be administered to ...
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... punishing the dissolute and idle ; by protecting the peace- able and industrious ; and , above all , by healing petty differ- ences and preventing vexatious prosecutions . But , in order to attain these desirable ends , it is necessary ...
... punishing the dissolute and idle ; by protecting the peace- able and industrious ; and , above all , by healing petty differ- ences and preventing vexatious prosecutions . But , in order to attain these desirable ends , it is necessary ...
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... punish , or redress the other ; which employs in its theory the noblest faculties of the soul , and exerts in its practice the cardinal virtues of the heart ; a science , which is universal in its use and extent , accommo- dated to each ...
... punish , or redress the other ; which employs in its theory the noblest faculties of the soul , and exerts in its practice the cardinal virtues of the heart ; a science , which is universal in its use and extent , accommo- dated to each ...
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... punishment . Hooker , in the beginning of his Ecclesiastical Polity , like the learned judge , has with incomparable eloquence interpreted law in its most general and comprehensive sense . And most writers who treat law as a science ...
... punishment . Hooker , in the beginning of his Ecclesiastical Polity , like the learned judge , has with incomparable eloquence interpreted law in its most general and comprehensive sense . And most writers who treat law as a science ...
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... punishment upon the person who has committed it . Here it is impossible that the party could foresee that an action , innocent when it was done , should be afterwards converted to guilt by a subse- quent law ; he had therefore no cause ...
... punishment upon the person who has committed it . Here it is impossible that the party could foresee that an action , innocent when it was done , should be afterwards converted to guilt by a subse- quent law ; he had therefore no cause ...
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