The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volumes 53-54Weed, Parsons, 1896 - Law |
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... jury . The jurors were drawn from the overseers , each town electing eight . " No jury shall exceed the number of seven , nor be under six , unless , in special causes upon life and death , the justices shall think fit to appoint twelve ...
... jury . The jurors were drawn from the overseers , each town electing eight . " No jury shall exceed the number of seven , nor be under six , unless , in special causes upon life and death , the justices shall think fit to appoint twelve ...
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... jury of twelve was directed to be empaneled for the trial of civil causes . There was no court of chancery , but matters in equity were heard in any of the courts organized in conformity to the " Duke's Laws . " The first General ...
... jury of twelve was directed to be empaneled for the trial of civil causes . There was no court of chancery , but matters in equity were heard in any of the courts organized in conformity to the " Duke's Laws . " The first General ...
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... jury . This is the earliest statute we have found , either in the State or Colony , giving the constable power to se- lect the jury ; but it was probably the regular prac- tice . The germ of the practice may perhaps be found in the ...
... jury . This is the earliest statute we have found , either in the State or Colony , giving the constable power to se- lect the jury ; but it was probably the regular prac- tice . The germ of the practice may perhaps be found in the ...
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... jury heeded that admonition . Ought a new trial to be granted because the newspapers have clamored against the accused when it cannot be truly said but may only be surmised that such clamor has affected the verdict of the jury ? There ...
... jury heeded that admonition . Ought a new trial to be granted because the newspapers have clamored against the accused when it cannot be truly said but may only be surmised that such clamor has affected the verdict of the jury ? There ...
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... jury are to be read together : Salutation : Pax vobiscum . Response : Et tecumsit Dominus . In those quarters , the real usefulness of such courts is deemed to consist in this : -that they are enabled , by reason of certain forms of ...
... jury are to be read together : Salutation : Pax vobiscum . Response : Et tecumsit Dominus . In those quarters , the real usefulness of such courts is deemed to consist in this : -that they are enabled , by reason of certain forms of ...
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Page 23 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before, a citizen or subject," which proceedings must be recorded by the clerk of the court.
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Page 56 - I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extends over the several States.
Page 145 - States, which require that full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the judicial proceedings of every other State.
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