The common law of England is the common law of the plantations, and all statutes in affirmance of the common law, passed in England antecedent to the settlement of a colony, are in force in that colony, unless there is some private Act to the contrary... Epitome of the Laws of Nova-Scotia - Seite 36von Beamish Murdoch - 1832Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Edward Earl Bennett - 1923 - 216 Seiten
...in two opinions given in 1720 and 17^9. Attorney General West gave the following opinion in 1720. '' The common law of England is the common law of the...though no statutes, made since those settlements, are thus in force unless the colonists are particularly mentioned. Let an Englishman go where he will,... | |
| Morton J. Horwitz - 1977 - 382 Seiten
...General Richard West acknowledged that "the common law of England is the common law of the [American] plantations and all statutes in affirmance of the...though no statutes, made since those settlements, are thus in force unless the colonists are particularly mentioned. Let an Englishman go where he will,... | |
| 1982 - 204 Seiten
...statutes in affirmance of the Common Law, passed in England antecedent to the settlement of a colony, arc in force in that colony, unless there is some private...though no statutes, made since those settlements, arc there in force unless the colonies are particularly mentioned. Let an Englishman go where he will,... | |
| John Phillip Reid - 2003 - 398 Seiten
...had upheld the doctrine that some but not all law had been carried to the New World by the migration. "The Common Law of England, is the Common Law of the Plantations," Richard West ruled in 1720. "Let an Englishman go where he will, he carries as much of law and liberty... | |
| John Phillip Reid - 2003 - 398 Seiten
...had upheld the doctrine that some but not all law had been carried to the New World by the migration. "The Common Law of England, is the Common Law of the Plantations," Richard West ruled in 1720. "Let an Englishman go where he will, he carries as much of law and liberty... | |
| Paul Finkelman - 2002 - 488 Seiten
...common law. Even as the colonists pressed toward Attorney-General Richard West's conclusion in 1720 that "[t]he Common Law of England, is the Common Law of the Plantations," what they wanted was not the common law as understood in England, with Holt's possibility that slavery... | |
| Mary Sarah Bilder - 2008 - 320 Seiten
...law were in force. In 1720 Richard West, counsel to the king and the Board of Trade, explained that all "statutes in affirmance of the Common Law passed...unless there is some private Act to the contrary." Such a statute was at the heart of the dispute over Freelove Arnold Pelham's will devising lands, although... | |
| Daniel J. Hulsebosch - 2006 - 496 Seiten
...[1702]). 77. Campbell v. Hall, 98 Eng. Rep. 1045 (1774), in State-Trials, 20:304. 78. He added that "the Common Law of England, is the Common Law of the...antecedent to the settlement of a colony, are in force there, unless there is some private Act to the contrary." Mr. West's Opinion, in Chalmers, Opinions... | |
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