The Early Jurisprudence of New Hampshire: An Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the N.H. Historical Society, June 13, 1883 |
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... rule , from the industrious communities , and were neither rich , cultivated , nor numerous . Though by no means perfect , they were in general sincere . While in theory they were harsh and intolerant , in practice they were far more ...
... rule , from the industrious communities , and were neither rich , cultivated , nor numerous . Though by no means perfect , they were in general sincere . While in theory they were harsh and intolerant , in practice they were far more ...
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... rule yet sett downe , those of the standing counsell , or some two of them , shall take order by their best discrecon , that they may be ordered & ended according to the rule of Gods Word , & to take care for all millitary affaires till ...
... rule yet sett downe , those of the standing counsell , or some two of them , shall take order by their best discrecon , that they may be ordered & ended according to the rule of Gods Word , & to take care for all millitary affaires till ...
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... rule for centuries . They made real estate liable for debts , reconstructed the whole law of attachment , created the law of levy and extent , and established for legal pur- poses the sale at public vendue . They discarded the ...
... rule for centuries . They made real estate liable for debts , reconstructed the whole law of attachment , created the law of levy and extent , and established for legal pur- poses the sale at public vendue . They discarded the ...
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... the plaintiff acknowledged seizin and possession in the same way . And this was the rule in New Hampshire for nearly two hundred years . On May 12 , 1675 , the Bay colony provided 20 serve any kind of process, unless his fees were ...
... the plaintiff acknowledged seizin and possession in the same way . And this was the rule in New Hampshire for nearly two hundred years . On May 12 , 1675 , the Bay colony provided 20 serve any kind of process, unless his fees were ...
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... rule , the declaration appeared in the writ ; but this in general had been the practice in New Hampshire from a very early period . In Judge Smith's MSS . , entitled " Old Records , " he collected about sixty cases in which the ...
... rule , the declaration appeared in the writ ; but this in general had been the practice in New Hampshire from a very early period . In Judge Smith's MSS . , entitled " Old Records , " he collected about sixty cases in which the ...
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Page 4 - ... it is therefore ordered by this court and the authority thereof, that the...
Page 11 - ... or equity of some express law of the country warranting the same, established by a general court, and sufficiently published ; or in case of the defect of a law, in any particular case, by the Word of God.
Page 4 - Court and the authority thereof that whosoever shall be found observing any such day as Christmas or the like, either by forbearing of labour, feasting or any other way, upon any such accounts as aforesaid, every such person so offending shall pay for every such offence five shillings, as a fine to the county.
Page 10 - No man's life shall be taken away, no man's honor or good name shall be stained, no man's person shall be arrested, restrained, banished, dismembered, nor...
Page 49 - Cloth of, a contrary colour to their cloathes, and sewed upon their upper Garments, on the outside of their Arm, or on their back in open view. And if any person or persons having been convicted and sentenced for such offence, shall at...
Page 45 - ... in rayling and scolding, it is therefore ordered, that all such persons convicted, before any Court or magistrate that hath propper cognizance of the...
Page 25 - Majesty's name, to take these vagabond Quakers, Anna Coleman, Mary Tompkins and Alice Ambrose, and make them fast to the cart's tail ; and drawing the cart through your several towns, to whip them upon their naked backs, not exceeding ten stripes apiece on each of them, in each town ; and so convey them from constable to constable till they are out of this jurisdiction, as you will answer it at your peril ; and this shall be your warrant.
Page 9 - Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye general! good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 9 - Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c., having undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents...
Page 81 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.