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... Common Pleas , and Chancellor to both their Highnesses Henry and Charles , Princes of Wales . First American , from the fifth English edi- tion , with Notes and References to Prior and Sub- sequent Decisions : By John M. Williams . X ...
... Common Pleas , and Chancellor to both their Highnesses Henry and Charles , Princes of Wales . First American , from the fifth English edi- tion , with Notes and References to Prior and Sub- sequent Decisions : By John M. Williams . X ...
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... law , as well as our law books , were made in England ; we fol- lowed the decisions of the English courts with a deference ... common law . The means afforded us by a community of language to resort directly to the richly - stored re ...
... law , as well as our law books , were made in England ; we fol- lowed the decisions of the English courts with a deference ... common law . The means afforded us by a community of language to resort directly to the richly - stored re ...
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... common field of legal science ; and the more we cease to adopt implicitly , and in the gross , their books and their law , the greater will be the necessity and utility of a work , one of the objects of which may be to direct the ...
... common field of legal science ; and the more we cease to adopt implicitly , and in the gross , their books and their law , the greater will be the necessity and utility of a work , one of the objects of which may be to direct the ...
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... common sense , that is , in effect , upon no principles at all ; and as long as they enter- tained such a prejudice , they were , as might have been expected , very averse to the establishment of such a court . A journal devoted to ...
... common sense , that is , in effect , upon no principles at all ; and as long as they enter- tained such a prejudice , they were , as might have been expected , very averse to the establishment of such a court . A journal devoted to ...
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... common law , and to suggest some hints as to its future prospects in our own country , and the sources from which any probable improvements must be derived . In doing this , I shall attempt nothing more than a few plain sketches ...
... common law , and to suggest some hints as to its future prospects in our own country , and the sources from which any probable improvements must be derived . In doing this , I shall attempt nothing more than a few plain sketches ...
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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...