A Treatise on the Rules which Govern the Interpretation and Application of Statutory and Constitutional LawJ. S. Voorhies, 1857 - 712 páginas |
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... branch after another of the great topics of our science , become subjects of legislation . Statutes , codes , and constitutions succeed each other , and in our time , with greatly - increased rapidity , threaten finally to absorb every ...
... branch after another of the great topics of our science , become subjects of legislation . Statutes , codes , and constitutions succeed each other , and in our time , with greatly - increased rapidity , threaten finally to absorb every ...
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... branch of knowl- edge , and is that to which we refer when we speak of the profession of the law , the study of the law , the science of the law . Municipal law is defined by the great English com- mentator , as " a rule of civil ...
... branch of knowl- edge , and is that to which we refer when we speak of the profession of the law , the study of the law , the science of the law . Municipal law is defined by the great English com- mentator , as " a rule of civil ...
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... branches of our science , by rules peculiar to themselves , and subject to the neces- sity , incident to the imperfection of language , of con- stant interpretation and construction . The object of this treatise is to explain the ...
... branches of our science , by rules peculiar to themselves , and subject to the neces- sity , incident to the imperfection of language , of con- stant interpretation and construction . The object of this treatise is to explain the ...
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... branch of the government which * Comm . , Lib . i . Tit . iii . de legibus . " Originally , the Houses of Lords and Commons sat together . The courts of law were clearly subordinate to the Parliament . A writ of error lay from them to ...
... branch of the government which * Comm . , Lib . i . Tit . iii . de legibus . " Originally , the Houses of Lords and Commons sat together . The courts of law were clearly subordinate to the Parliament . A writ of error lay from them to ...
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... branch of our subject by stating briefly the division of statutes according to the continental jurists , with a brief sketch of their general nature and distinctive qualities . But it is necessary to premise , that by statutes the civil ...
... branch of our subject by stating briefly the division of statutes according to the continental jurists , with a brief sketch of their general nature and distinctive qualities . But it is necessary to premise , that by statutes the civil ...
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Página 592 - ... 2. A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
Página 466 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Página 158 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void ; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void ; and therefore in 8 E 330 ab Thomas Tregor's case on the statutes of W.
Página 567 - No person shall, for the same offence, be twice put in jeopardy of his life or limb, nor shall any man's property be taken or applied to public use without the consent of his representatives, and without just compensation being previously made to him.
Página 575 - Every act shall embrace but one subject and matters properly connected therewith ; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Página 545 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Página 581 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent, as the lot of humanity will admit.
Página 322 - This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those States which enact it.
Página 305 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Página 592 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.