Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volumen1George W. Childs, 1867 |
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... reason 3. The divine , or revealed law ( consider- ed as a rule of action ) is also the law of nature , imparted by God himself 4. The law of nations is that which re- gulates the conduct and mutual inter- course of independent states ...
... reason 3. The divine , or revealed law ( consider- ed as a rule of action ) is also the law of nature , imparted by God himself 4. The law of nations is that which re- gulates the conduct and mutual inter- course of independent states ...
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... reason , con- sidered * merely as clergymen , to be acquainted with many branches [ * 14 ] of the law , which are almost peculiar and appropriated to themselves alone . Such are the laws relating to advowsons , institutions , and ...
... reason , con- sidered * merely as clergymen , to be acquainted with many branches [ * 14 ] of the law , which are almost peculiar and appropriated to themselves alone . Such are the laws relating to advowsons , institutions , and ...
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... reason why the study of our laws has in general fallen into disuse , I shall previously proceed to inquire . Sir John Fortescue , in his panegyric on the laws of England , ( which was written in the reign of Henry the Sixth , ) puts ( n ) ...
... reason why the study of our laws has in general fallen into disuse , I shall previously proceed to inquire . Sir John Fortescue , in his panegyric on the laws of England , ( which was written in the reign of Henry the Sixth , ) puts ( n ) ...
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... reason , because holy church ( that is , the canon law , ) declared such children legitimate ; but " all the earls and barons ( says the parliament roll ) ( f ) with one voice answered , that they would not change the laws of England ...
... reason , because holy church ( that is , the canon law , ) declared such children legitimate ; but " all the earls and barons ( says the parliament roll ) ( f ) with one voice answered , that they would not change the laws of England ...
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... reason and not of obligation , which was well known to the instructors of our youth ; and their total ignorance of the merit of the common law , though its equal at least , and parhaps an improvement on the other . But the principal reason ...
... reason and not of obligation , which was well known to the instructors of our youth ; and their total ignorance of the merit of the common law , though its equal at least , and parhaps an improvement on the other . But the principal reason ...
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Página 1 - There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Página 355 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Página 177 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Página 196 - Majesty's realms and dominions the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia and of all forces by sea and land and of all forts and places of strength is and by the laws of England ever was the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England, and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot nor ought to pretend to the same...
Página 101 - In this and similar cases the legislature alone can, and indeed frequently does, interpose, and compel the individual to acquiesce. But how does it interpose and compel? Not by absolutely stripping the subject of his property in an arbitrary manner; but by giving him a full indemnification and equivalent for the injury thereby sustained.
Página 141 - An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him.*?
Página 89 - ... protect individuals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights, which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature; but which could not be preserved in peace without that mutual assistance and intercourse, which is gained by the institution of friendly and social communities. Hence it follows that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals.
Página 78 - Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Página 117 - ... there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate; yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still 'in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative', when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Página 167 - ... heirs; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born: as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child; or a daughter, whose present hopes may be hereafter cut off by the birth of a son.