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... FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND CASE . The case of the Free Church of Scotland in the House of Lords , General Assembly of Free Church of Scotland v . Lord Overtoun , Macalister v . Young , 1 is one of the most important ever decided in Great ...
... FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND CASE . The case of the Free Church of Scotland in the House of Lords , General Assembly of Free Church of Scotland v . Lord Overtoun , Macalister v . Young , 1 is one of the most important ever decided in Great ...
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the parishioners . Nearly half the clergy and laity of the Kirk thereupon seceded , and established the Free Church of Scotland , or Free Kirk . This new body asserted its theological agreement with the church it had left , and its ...
the parishioners . Nearly half the clergy and laity of the Kirk thereupon seceded , and established the Free Church of Scotland , or Free Kirk . This new body asserted its theological agreement with the church it had left , and its ...
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... Free Church had departed from the doctrine of the Free Kirk , in that it no longer adhered to the dogma of establishment , the dogma that a State ought to maintain a particular form of religion . Second , that the United Free Church had ...
... Free Church had departed from the doctrine of the Free Kirk , in that it no longer adhered to the dogma of establishment , the dogma that a State ought to maintain a particular form of religion . Second , that the United Free Church had ...
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... Free Church were pursuers or plaintiffs . Apparently the parson and others adhering to the Remnant were defenders . " What relief the action sought does not appear in the Appeal Cases report , nor what is an " acting trustee , " nor how ...
... Free Church were pursuers or plaintiffs . Apparently the parson and others adhering to the Remnant were defenders . " What relief the action sought does not appear in the Appeal Cases report , nor what is an " acting trustee , " nor how ...
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... Free Kirk and the United Free . Lord James says " It is obvious that the first step toward the elucidation of the question before your Lordships ' House is to deter- mine the nature of the trusts controlling the properties in question ...
... Free Kirk and the United Free . Lord James says " It is obvious that the first step toward the elucidation of the question before your Lordships ' House is to deter- mine the nature of the trusts controlling the properties in question ...
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Page 253 - when one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he in effect grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good to the extent of the interest he has thus created,
Page 484 - in the Dartmouth College case: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 152 - By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death. These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 559 - which is not accompanied by an immediate delivery, and followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the things mortgaged, is absolutely void as against the creditors of the mortgagor and as against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees in good faith, unless the mortgage or a true copy thereof is filed as directed in this article.
Page 87 - The liberty mentioned in that amendment (the Fourteenth) means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of his
Page 499 - all charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property * * * shall be just and reasonable; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 291 - passed a resolution recommending the Colonies " to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 502 - which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect, except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
Page 424 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law—a law which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.
Page 492 - foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in Congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the Constitution of the United