The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volumes 53-54Weed, Parsons, 1896 - Law |
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... present Commission to undertake the work . In view of these facts , it is a question worthy of very serious consideration whether the super- vision of the work should not be committed to such members of the courts as may be thor- oughly ...
... present Commission to undertake the work . In view of these facts , it is a question worthy of very serious consideration whether the super- vision of the work should not be committed to such members of the courts as may be thor- oughly ...
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... present site of the city of New York . " Whether any provision was made for judicial tribunals dur- ing the first few years of the colony cannot be now determined , but it is probable that the colonists had little , if any , occasion ...
... present site of the city of New York . " Whether any provision was made for judicial tribunals dur- ing the first few years of the colony cannot be now determined , but it is probable that the colonists had little , if any , occasion ...
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... present rule . The constable was required to select 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 ...
... present rule . The constable was required to select 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 ...
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... present code , with the revision of 1828 , without observing a great similarity in arrangement and general style . A very large part of our present civil procedure had its origin in the practice act of 1828. The re- visers wrote without ...
... present code , with the revision of 1828 , without observing a great similarity in arrangement and general style . A very large part of our present civil procedure had its origin in the practice act of 1828. The re- visers wrote without ...
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... present At a recent meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association. power to review the judgments of inferior and trial courts ; so that in modern jurisprudence no well regulated system would be deemed complete which did not provide in ...
... present At a recent meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association. power to review the judgments of inferior and trial courts ; so that in modern jurisprudence no well regulated system would be deemed complete which did not provide in ...
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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.
Page 22 - States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and, particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Page 57 - The constitution confers absolutely on the government of the union the powers of making war, and of making treaties ; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.
Page 133 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shall not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go; farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool; for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. To a nunnery, go; and quickly, too.
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.
Page 26 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 300 - And if they are so mutually connected with and dependent on each other, as conditions, considerations, or compensations for each other, as to warrant the belief that the legislature intended them as a whole, and...
Page 107 - A defendant in an action may set off, or set up, by way of counter-claim against the claims of the plaintiff, any right or claim, whether such set-off or counter-claim sound in damages or not, and such set-off or counterclaim shall have the same effect as a statement of claim in a cross action, so as to enable the Court to pronounce a final judgment in the same action, both on the original and on the cross claim.
Page 8 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law and the better Advancement of Justice...