Blackstone's Commentaries AbridgedCallaghan, 1899 - 544 páginas |
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... tion of John Wilkes drew upon him the caustic sarcasms of Junius . In 1770 he was offered the Solicitor Generalship . He declined this , but accepted the position of a Judge of the Common Pleas . He exchanged places , however , with Mr ...
... tion of John Wilkes drew upon him the caustic sarcasms of Junius . In 1770 he was offered the Solicitor Generalship . He declined this , but accepted the position of a Judge of the Common Pleas . He exchanged places , however , with Mr ...
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... tion , whether animate or inanimate , rational or irrational . Thus we say , the laws of motion , of gravitation , of optics , or mechanics , as well as the laws of nature and of nations . And it is that rule of action which is ...
... tion , whether animate or inanimate , rational or irrational . Thus we say , the laws of motion , of gravitation , of optics , or mechanics , as well as the laws of nature and of nations . And it is that rule of action which is ...
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... tion or of nature , as upon the wisdom and will of the legislator . This doctrine , which before was slightly touched , deserves a more particular explication . Those rights then which God and nature have established , and are therefore ...
... tion or of nature , as upon the wisdom and will of the legislator . This doctrine , which before was slightly touched , deserves a more particular explication . Those rights then which God and nature have established , and are therefore ...
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... tion of maxims and customs , yet the maxims and customs , so col- lected , are of higher antiquity than memory or history can reach : nothing being more difficult than to ascertain the precise beginning and first spring of an ancient ...
... tion of maxims and customs , yet the maxims and customs , so col- lected , are of higher antiquity than memory or history can reach : nothing being more difficult than to ascertain the precise beginning and first spring of an ancient ...
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... tion of all remedial statutes ; the old law , the mischief and the remedy ; that is , how the common law stood at the making of the act ; what the mischief was , for which the common law did not provide ; and what remedy the parliament ...
... tion of all remedial statutes ; the old law , the mischief and the remedy ; that is , how the common law stood at the making of the act ; what the mischief was , for which the common law did not provide ; and what remedy the parliament ...
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Página 84 - 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 6 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Página 432 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Página 31 - Next to personal security, the law of England regards, asserts, and preserves the personal liberty of individuals. This personal liberty, consists in the power of locomotion, of changing situation, or moving one's person to whatsoever place one's own inclination may direct, without imprisonment or restraint, unless by due course of law.
Página 9 - From this method of interpreting laws by the reason of them, arises what we call equity, which is thus defined by Grotius :(r) " the correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient.
Página 370 - A writ of quo warranta is in the nature of a writ of right for the king, against him who claims or usurps any office, franchise, or liberty, to inquire by what authority he supports his claim, in order to determine the right...
Página 32 - To make imprisonment lawful, it must either be by process from the courts of judicature, or by warrant from some legal officer having authority to commit to prison ; which warrant must be in writing, under the hand and seal of the magistrate, and express the causes of the commitment, in order to be examined into, if necessary, upon a habeas corpus.
Página 448 - Or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King's Enemies in his Realm, giving to them Aid and Comfort in the Realm or elsewhere...
Página 84 - ... 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: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing; and is therefore called in our law-French a feme-covert; is said to be covert-baron, or under the protection and influence of her husband, her baron, or lord; and her condition during her marriage is called her coverture.
Página 107 - They are not : 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.