Commentaries on American Law, Band 2O. Halsted, 1827 |
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... continue to take and inherit lands in England , as natural born subjects ; but I apprehend , the assumption has been made without just grounds . It was contrary to the doctrine laid down by Professor Wood- deson , in his lectures ...
... continue to take and inherit lands in England , as natural born subjects ; but I apprehend , the assumption has been made without just grounds . It was contrary to the doctrine laid down by Professor Wood- deson , in his lectures ...
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... continue in the colony after a given day , should be condemned to perpetual imprisonment ; and if he broke prison and escaped , and was retaken , he should be put to death . That law , said Mr. Smith , the historian of the colony as ...
... continue in the colony after a given day , should be condemned to perpetual imprisonment ; and if he broke prison and escaped , and was retaken , he should be put to death . That law , said Mr. Smith , the historian of the colony as ...
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... continue the will , inasmuch as she is presumed to be under the restraint of her husband.d But it is equally clear , that where an estate is limited to uses , and a power is given to a feme covert , before marriage , to declare those ...
... continue the will , inasmuch as she is presumed to be under the restraint of her husband.d But it is equally clear , that where an estate is limited to uses , and a power is given to a feme covert , before marriage , to declare those ...
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... continue until the child arrives at full age . This power to constitute a guardian by will , was given by the statute of 12 Charles II . , and it has been adopted in this state , and , probably , throughout this country . A will ...
... continue until the child arrives at full age . This power to constitute a guardian by will , was given by the statute of 12 Charles II . , and it has been adopted in this state , and , probably , throughout this country . A will ...
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James Kent. opinion is , that such a testamentary guardian will continue till the age of twenty - one , though the infant be a female , and marry in the mean time , if the will be explicit as to the duration of the trust ; for the ...
James Kent. opinion is , that such a testamentary guardian will continue till the age of twenty - one , though the infant be a female , and marry in the mean time , if the will be explicit as to the duration of the trust ; for the ...
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Seite 17 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Seite 19 - Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all...
Seite 44 - The children of persons who have been duly naturalized under any law of the United States, or who, previous to the passing of any law on that subject, by the Government of the United States...
Seite 3 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following RIGHTS.
Seite 45 - ... being so naturalized or admitted to the rights of citizenship, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens of the United States, and the children of persons who now are, or have been citizens of the United States...
Seite 261 - The market place, or spot of ground set apart by custom for the sale of particular goods, is also in the country the only market overt ; but in London every shop in which goods are exposed publicly to sale, is market overt, for such things only as the owner professes to trade in.
Seite 4 - That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent.
Seite 4 - That these, his majesty's colonies, are likewise entitled to all the immunities and privileges, granted and confirmed to them by royal charters, or secured by their several codes of provincial laws.
Seite 215 - A corporation is a franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politic, under a special denomination, and are vested, by the policy of the law, with the capacity of perpetual succession, and of acting in several respects, however numerous the association may be, as a single individual.
Seite 106 - What merely wounds the mental feelings is in few cases to be admitted, where they are not accompanied with bodily injury, either actual or menaced. Mere austerity of temper, petulance of manners, rudeness of language, a want of civil attention and accommodation, even occasional sallies of passion, if they do not threaten bodily harm, do not amount to legal cruelty...