The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 1Freeman & Bolles, 1829 - Law |
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... English courts with a deference little short of servility , insomuch that our courts have , in some in- stances , felt themselves to be so strictly bound by their authority , as to reject very cogent and conclusive arguments against ...
... English courts with a deference little short of servility , insomuch that our courts have , in some in- stances , felt themselves to be so strictly bound by their authority , as to reject very cogent and conclusive arguments against ...
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... English books , and servilely following the English administration of the law , is fast passing by ; and the period of our pupilage is almost expired . ' I do not like , ' says an eminent American jurist in a private letter now before ...
... English books , and servilely following the English administration of the law , is fast passing by ; and the period of our pupilage is almost expired . ' I do not like , ' says an eminent American jurist in a private letter now before ...
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... English Laws of Real Property ; with Outlines for a Systematic Reform . By James Humphreys . 35 58 IV . SEVERAL QUESTIONS OF INSURANCE 99 V. LIFE AND Writings oF SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE 116 VI . LIVERMOre's DissertaTIONS 132 ...
... English Laws of Real Property ; with Outlines for a Systematic Reform . By James Humphreys . 35 58 IV . SEVERAL QUESTIONS OF INSURANCE 99 V. LIFE AND Writings oF SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE 116 VI . LIVERMOre's DissertaTIONS 132 ...
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... English code . The modest close of his opinion in this case shews , how little the law on this subject was at that time settled , and how much we owe to the achievements of a single mind . ' I have said thus much ' ( is his language ) ...
... English code . The modest close of his opinion in this case shews , how little the law on this subject was at that time settled , and how much we owe to the achievements of a single mind . ' I have said thus much ' ( is his language ) ...
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... English law , in the case of Lickbarrow vs. Mason , fully confirm the views , that I have attempted to unfold . Before that period , ' ( says he ) we 6 find that in courts of law all the evidence in mercantile cases was thrown together ...
... English law , in the case of Lickbarrow vs. Mason , fully confirm the views , that I have attempted to unfold . Before that period , ' ( says he ) we 6 find that in courts of law all the evidence in mercantile cases was thrown together ...
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Page 15 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 62 - Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that the estates, both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said Territory, dying intestate, shall descend to, and be distributed among, their children, and the descendants of a deceased child, in equal parts...
Page 62 - And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as hereinafter mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed By him or her in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses...
Page 364 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 66 - Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our County of Kent, in free and common soccage, and not in capite...
Page 62 - ... part of the personal estate; and this law relative to descents and dower shall remain in full force until altered by the legislature of the district.
Page 239 - Fellows, and for all accommodations of buildings, and all other necessary provisions that may conduce to the education of the English and Indian youth of this country in knowledge and godliness...
Page 273 - ... capacity, their officers and servants, shall have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, authorities, rights, liberties, privileges, immunities and franchises, which they now have, or are entitled to have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy ; and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed unto them, the said President and Fellows of Harvard College, and to their successors, and to their officers and servants, respectively, forever.
Page 88 - If an alien could acquire a permanent property in lands he must owe an allegiance, equally permanent with the property, to the king of England, which would probably be inconsistent with that which he owes to his own natural liege lord; besides that thereby the nation might in time be subject to foreign influence, and feel many other inconveniences...
Page 192 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practiced on in the Courts of law...