The Works of James Wilson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ...: Being His Public Discourses Upon Jurisprudence and the Political Science, Including Lectures as Professor of Law, 1790-2, Volumen2Callaghan, 1895 |
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... present purpose and justification . From one of the orations of Æschines it appears highly probable , 1 that in the Athenian courts of justice , the poems of Homer , as well as the laws of Athens , were always laid upon the table before ...
... present purpose and justification . From one of the orations of Æschines it appears highly probable , 1 that in the Athenian courts of justice , the poems of Homer , as well as the laws of Athens , were always laid upon the table before ...
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... present business to trace the application of those principles , as that applica- tion has been practically made by the people of the United States , and , in particular , by the people of Pennsylvania . I mention the people of ...
... present business to trace the application of those principles , as that applica- tion has been practically made by the people of the United States , and , in particular , by the people of Pennsylvania . I mention the people of ...
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... present themselves . By the constitution of New Hampshire , " every male inhabitant , with town privileges , of twenty - one years of age , paying for himself a poll tax , has a right to vote , in the town or parish wherein he dwells ...
... present themselves . By the constitution of New Hampshire , " every male inhabitant , with town privileges , of twenty - one years of age , paying for himself a poll tax , has a right to vote , in the town or parish wherein he dwells ...
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... present . " 8 In Maryland , " all freemen above twenty - one years of age , having a freehold of fifty acres of land in the county , in which they offer to vote , and residing therein ; and all freemen having property in the state above ...
... present . " 8 In Maryland , " all freemen above twenty - one years of age , having a freehold of fifty acres of land in the county , in which they offer to vote , and residing therein ; and all freemen having property in the state above ...
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... present constitution of Georgia . By its late constitution , it was provided , that all male white inhabitants , of the age of twenty - one years , and possessed , in their own right , of ten pounds value , and liable to pay tax in the ...
... present constitution of Georgia . By its late constitution , it was provided , that all male white inhabitants , of the age of twenty - one years , and possessed , in their own right , of ten pounds value , and liable to pay tax in the ...
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Página 102 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Página 484 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Página 126 - Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Página 486 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Página 251 - As for the philosophers, they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and their discourses are as the stars, which give little light because they are so high.
Página 311 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not; It ought not to be sported with.
Página 33 - Each House shall judge of the qualifications of its members. Contested elections shall be determined by a committee to be selected, formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed by law.
Página 568 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals. It is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Página 486 - And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Página 17 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.