 | John Joseph Powell - Wills - 1788 - 770 pages
...reafon, fo that he can tell his parents, his age, or number twenty pence, or the like common matters. A man who is born deaf, -dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as ^'e,^'"' %' in the fame ftate with an idiot, he being fuppofed c< 4°' incapable of any underftanding,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1793 - 686 pages
...lords, but to the king in council. Ihm- Prot. 14 Feb. 1726. 3 P. W r uu. 108. A MAN is not an idiot % if he hath any glimmering of reafon, fo that he can...upon by the law as in the fame ftate with an idiot •; he being fuppofed incapable of any underftanding, as wanting all thofe fenfes which furnifli the... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 678 pages
...lords, but to the king in council. Dam. Proc. 14 Feb. 17*6, 3 P. Wms. loS. A A MAN is not an idiot ?, if he hath any glimmering of reafon, fo that he can...with an idiot i; he being fuppofed incapable of any understanding^ as wanting all thofe fenfes which furnifli the human mind with ideas. A LUNATIC, or... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...operation very different in point of law. A MAN is not an idiotP, if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common m FN li. 232. by that usual expression afbcgging a man for n Ttus power, though of late very rarely... | |
 | Thomas Walter Williams - Law - 1816 - 1048 pages
...Distribution.. DKAD PLEDGE, (inortuum vadium) a pledge of lands or goods. See Mortgage. DEAF, DUMB, and BLIND. A man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an ideot, or being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting senses that... | |
 | Dominick T. Blake - Civil procedure - 1818 - 706 pages
...sinned never likely to attain any. A person is not an idiot if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents his age, or the like...man, who is born deaf, dumb and blind, is looked upon in the law as in the same state with an idiot, he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...presumed never likely to attain any. A man is not an idiot, if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like...dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot ; he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...operation very different in point of law. A MAN is not an idiot p, if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like...common matters. But a man who is born deaf, dumb, and ' Dyer, 302. Hutt. 17. Noy. 27. " This power, though of late very k FNB 232. rarely exerted, is still... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...operation very different in point of law. A MAN is not an idiot1', if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters. But n man who is born deaf, dumb, and ' Dyer, 302. Hutt.17. Nov. '27. " This power, though of late Tery... | |
 | Theodric Romeyn Beck - Medical jurisprudence - 1825 - 696 pages
...as never likely to obtain any." But a man is not an idiot, if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters.§ Over individuals of this description, the king is appointed guardian, and the lordchancellor acts under... | |
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A man is not an idiot, if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters. But a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot ; he being supposed... 
