Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books; with an Analysis of the Work. With a Life of the Author, and Notes: by Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland: and Also References to American Cases, Volumen1W.E. Dean, 1838 |
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Página xxii
... authority , or regal power . III . His revenue , or royal income 4. The king's dignity consists in the le- gal attributes of , I. Personal sove- reignty . II . Absolute perfection . III . Political perpetuity 239 240 241-249 5. In the ...
... authority , or regal power . III . His revenue , or royal income 4. The king's dignity consists in the le- gal attributes of , I. Personal sove- reignty . II . Absolute perfection . III . Political perpetuity 239 240 241-249 5. In the ...
Página xxiii
... authority , are , I. Sheriffs . II . Coroners . III . Justices of the peace . IV . Constables . V. Surveyors of the highways . VI . Over- seers of the poor 2. The sheriff is the keeper of each coun- ty , annually nominated in due form ...
... authority , are , I. Sheriffs . II . Coroners . III . Justices of the peace . IV . Constables . V. Surveyors of the highways . VI . Over- seers of the poor 2. The sheriff is the keeper of each coun- ty , annually nominated in due form ...
Página xxxiii
... authority of par- liament ) such reasonable powers or relief , as are beyond the reach of the ordinary course of law 3. The king's grants , contained in char- ters or letters patent , are all entered on record , for the dignity of the ...
... authority of par- liament ) such reasonable powers or relief , as are beyond the reach of the ordinary course of law 3. The king's grants , contained in char- ters or letters patent , are all entered on record , for the dignity of the ...
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... authority ; and has unavoida- bly thrown more power into the hands of the judges , to direct , control , and even reverse their verdicts , than perhaps the constitution intended . But it is not as a juror only that the English gentleman ...
... authority ; and has unavoida- bly thrown more power into the hands of the judges , to direct , control , and even reverse their verdicts , than perhaps the constitution intended . But it is not as a juror only that the English gentleman ...
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... authority in this kingdom ; they are no more binding in England than our laws are binding at Rome . But , as far as these foreign laws , on account of some peculiar propriety , have in some particular cases , ' and in some particular ...
... authority in this kingdom ; they are no more binding in England than our laws are binding at Rome . But , as far as these foreign laws , on account of some peculiar propriety , have in some particular cases , ' and in some particular ...
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Página 353 - 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 403 - I proceed to distribute and consider its several objects. •There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, [ *2 ] 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 353 - For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her ; for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence; and to covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himself...
Página 317 - For as to the strength of body, the weakest has strength enough to kill the strongest, either by secret machination, or by confederacy with others, that are in the same danger with himself.
Página 322 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Página 114 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations...
Página 114 - ... this being the place where that absolute despotic power which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Página 100 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament...
Página 46 - ... as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady, and not liable to waver with every new judge's opinion ; as also because the law in that case being solemnly declared and determined, what before was uncertain, and perhaps indifferent, is now become a permanent rule, which it is not in the breast of any subsequent judge to alter or vary from, according to his private sentiments...
Página 26 - This law of nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times ; no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this ; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original.