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... England ; we fol- lowed the decisions of the English courts with a deference little short of servility , insomuch that our courts have , in some in- stances , felt themselves to be so strictly bound by their authority , as to reject ...
... England ; we fol- lowed the decisions of the English courts with a deference little short of servility , insomuch that our courts have , in some in- stances , felt themselves to be so strictly bound by their authority , as to reject ...
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... England and America and the civilized world lie under the deepest obligations to him . Wherever commerce shall extend its social influences ; wherever justice shall be administered by enlightened and liberal rules ; wherever contracts ...
... England and America and the civilized world lie under the deepest obligations to him . Wherever commerce shall extend its social influences ; wherever justice shall be administered by enlightened and liberal rules ; wherever contracts ...
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... England in the house of Hanover , and was adopt- ed not merely to secure the personal independence of the judges , but the purity and independence of the law . The first effect was to check the undue influence of the Crown through its ...
... England in the house of Hanover , and was adopt- ed not merely to secure the personal independence of the judges , but the purity and independence of the law . The first effect was to check the undue influence of the Crown through its ...
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... England . ' In the reign of Charles II . the con- duct of the crown was more openly profligate , and its influence exerted to affect the judgments of the courts , even in private suits . It is matter of history , that Sir Edmund ...
... England . ' In the reign of Charles II . the con- duct of the crown was more openly profligate , and its influence exerted to affect the judgments of the courts , even in private suits . It is matter of history , that Sir Edmund ...
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... England at this moment differs in no very important particulars from the positive codes of France and Holland . Spain , Portugal , and the Italian States , the Hanseatic Confederacy , and the powers of the North , have adopted a ...
... England at this moment differs in no very important particulars from the positive codes of France and Holland . Spain , Portugal , and the Italian States , the Hanseatic Confederacy , and the powers of the North , have adopted a ...
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Seite 15 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 62 - Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that the estates, both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said Territory, dying intestate, shall descend to, and be distributed among, their children, and the descendants of a deceased child, in equal parts...
Seite 62 - And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as hereinafter mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed By him or her in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses...
Seite 364 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Seite 66 - Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our County of Kent, in free and common soccage, and not in capite...
Seite 62 - ... part of the personal estate; and this law relative to descents and dower shall remain in full force until altered by the legislature of the district.
Seite 239 - Fellows, and for all accommodations of buildings, and all other necessary provisions that may conduce to the education of the English and Indian youth of this country in knowledge and godliness...
Seite 273 - ... capacity, their officers and servants, shall have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, authorities, rights, liberties, privileges, immunities and franchises, which they now have, or are entitled to have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy ; and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed unto them, the said President and Fellows of Harvard College, and to their successors, and to their officers and servants, respectively, forever.
Seite 88 - If an alien could acquire a permanent property in lands he must owe an allegiance, equally permanent with the property, to the king of England, which would probably be inconsistent with that which he owes to his own natural liege lord; besides that thereby the nation might in time be subject to foreign influence, and feel many other inconveniences...
Seite 192 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practiced on in the Courts of law...