Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Том 1A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, law-printers to the King, 1791 |
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... the tenth edition , are enclosed in brackets , thus [ ] , and marked with Italic references ; and those added to the prefent edition , thus ( ) . Temple , Jan. 12 , 1791 . CONTENT S. INTRODUCTION . Of the STUDY , NATURE ,
... the tenth edition , are enclosed in brackets , thus [ ] , and marked with Italic references ; and those added to the prefent edition , thus ( ) . Temple , Jan. 12 , 1791 . CONTENT S. INTRODUCTION . Of the STUDY , NATURE ,
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... those equitable rules of action , by which the meaneft individual is protected from the infults and oppreffion of the greatest . As therefore every fubject is interested in the prefervation of the laws , it is incumbent upon every man ...
... those equitable rules of action , by which the meaneft individual is protected from the infults and oppreffion of the greatest . As therefore every fubject is interested in the prefervation of the laws , it is incumbent upon every man ...
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... those of a more public confideration . All gentlemen of fortune are , in con- fequence of their property , liable to be called upon to establish the rights , to estimate the injuries , to weigh the accufations , and sometimes to difpofe ...
... those of a more public confideration . All gentlemen of fortune are , in con- fequence of their property , liable to be called upon to establish the rights , to estimate the injuries , to weigh the accufations , and sometimes to difpofe ...
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... those , who are ambi- tious of receiving fo high a truft , would alfo do well to remember it's nature and importance . They are not thus ho- nourably distinguished from the rest of their fellow - fubjects , merely that they may ...
... those , who are ambi- tious of receiving fo high a truft , would alfo do well to remember it's nature and importance . They are not thus ho- nourably distinguished from the rest of their fellow - fubjects , merely that they may ...
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... those points upon which it is his birthright to decide , THE Roman pandects will furnish us with a piece of history not unapplicable to our prefent purpose . Servius Sulpicius , a gentleman of the patrician order , and a celebrat- ed ...
... those points upon which it is his birthright to decide , THE Roman pandects will furnish us with a piece of history not unapplicable to our prefent purpose . Servius Sulpicius , a gentleman of the patrician order , and a celebrat- ed ...
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Сторінка 400 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Сторінка 100 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Сторінка 147 - That all writs, processes, commissions, patents, grants, and other things, which now run in the name and style of the keepers of the liberty of England by authority of Parliament...
Сторінка 121 - This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature; being a right inherent in us by birth, and one of the gifts of God to man at his creation, when he endued him with the faculty of free will.
Сторінка 231 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Сторінка 436 - ... or under the protection and influence of her husband, her baron, or lord; and her condition during her marriage is called her coverture.
Сторінка 159 - It will not therefore be expected that we should enter into the examination of this law, with any degree of minuteness: since, as the same learned author assures us (o), it is much better to be learned out of the rolls of parliament and other records, and by precedents and continual experience, than can be expressed by any one man.
Сторінка 121 - Political, therefore, or civil liberty, which is that of a member of society, is no other than natural liberty so far restrained by human laws (and no farther) as is necessary and expedient for the general advantage of the public.
Сторінка 300 - 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. 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.
Сторінка 132 - But the happiness of our constitution is, that it is not left- to the executive power to determine when the danger of the state is so great, as to render this measure expedient...