 But a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind, is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot ; he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas.  Commentaries on the Laws of England - Seite 304von William Blackstone - 1800Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1899 - 570 Seiten
...must be tried by a jury of twelve men. A man is not an idiot if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age or the like...dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot : he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses... | |
 | John Gabriel Woerner - 1899 - 904 Seiten
...Fitzherbert's Natura Brevium, 233. 6 " A man is not an idiot if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters : " 1 Bla. Comm. 304. 6 Kx parte Barnsley, 3 Atk. 168, 173. ' Gibson v. Jeyes, 6 Ves. 266, 272 ; J?idgway... | |
 | 1904 - 982 Seiten
...presumed never likely to obtain any. A man is not an idiot if he have any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters. Clark v. Robinson, 88 11l. 498, 502 (citing Bl. Comm. 302, 303). 1n Chitty's Medical Jurisprudence... | |
 | Samuel Gridley Howe - 1909 - 630 Seiten
...ffadley's Blaekstone, Vol. a, page 83. " A man is not an idiot if he has any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like...born deaf, dumb and blind, is looked upon by the law in the same state with an idiot; he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - 1910 - 1330 Seiten
...children by law. Of this the testator had the unqualified disposal. Bell. DEAF AND DUMB. A man that is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as In the same state with an idiot, he being supposed Incapable of any understanding. 1 Bl. Comm. 304. Nevertheless,... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1914 - 1124 Seiten
...Idiot. Natura Brevium 683. Again, he says, a man is not an idiot if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters.' The in-' ference was, no doubt, that such a man Is responsible for his criminal acts. At the present... | |
 | 1919 - 828 Seiten
...Lispenard, 26 Wend. (N. Y.) 314. IDIOT. A man IB not an idiot, If he have any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters. Clark v. Robinson, 88 111. 502. A natural fool; one who hath no understanding from his nativity, and... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1922 - 1044 Seiten
...(1829). It is certain that in *A man is not an idiot(^) if he hath any glimmering of reason, so [*3O4 that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters. (65) But a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with... | |
 | John Gabriel Woerner - 1923 - 912 Seiten
...Fitzherbert's Natura Brevium, 233. 4 "A man is not an idiot if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters": 1 Bla. Comm. 304. • Ex parte Barnsley, 3 Atk. 168, 173. •Gibson v. Jeyes, 6 Ves. 266, 272; Ridgway... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1911 - 954 Seiten
...Blackstone, the definition given is : "A man is not an idiot if he hath any gliiuraerine of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters." "In Chitty's Medical Jurisprudence, an 'idiot' is Dec., 774, the court on this subject said : "In Chitty's... | |
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