 | James Ram - 1835 - 162 σελίδες
...own contract, he continued, — " The general principle of law is against her liability. But quicquid agant homines is the business of Courts, and as the...engrafted upon this rule, as in the case of abjuration, &c."(s) The same opinion is reiterated by Lord Mansfield in Corbett v. Poelnitz, where, noticing the... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1845 - 1174 σελίδες
...them to meet the altering exigencies of the times. Thus spoke Lord Mansfield, — " Quicquid ayant homines is the business of courts : and as the usages...adapt itself to the various situations of mankind."* Again, "This is the general rule. But then it has been said, that, as the times alter, new customs... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Richard W. Gill, Oliver Miller - 1852 - 614 σελίδες
...principle of the KcttlowRll vs. Stewart.— 1849. general rule." And again he says, (3 Douglas, 3?3:J "As the usages of society alter, the law must adapt itself to the various situations of mankind." And it cannot therefore be doubted, that where the law, as modified by bankrupt or insolvent systems,... | |
 | James Lorimer - 1854 - 178 σελίδες
...property—to new kinds of property, and to new views in the public policy of the kingdom. " ' Quicquid agunt homines is the business of courts; and as the usages of society alter, the'law must adapt itself to the various situations of mankind." * How much more easily could a lawyer... | |
 | 1856 - 478 σελίδες
...; and exceptions are introduced which, grafted upon the rule, form a system of law. Quicquid agunt homines is the business of Courts, and as the usages...adapt itself to the various situations of mankind." And he held that as this lady had ample separate property, it was for the interests of married women... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 σελίδες
...homines, is the business of courts," said Lord Mansfield, in Harwell w. Brooks, 3 Doug. 371, 373 ; " and as the usages of society alter, the law must adapt itself to the various situations of mankind." See also the language of the same great judge, to the same effect, in Corbett vs. Poelnitz, 1 Term... | |
 | William Grapel - 1857 - 126 σελίδες
...being Lord Mansfield ; the second, Lord Kenyon. The former, in the case of Barwell v. Brooks,f says " as the " usages of Society alter, the Law must adapt itself to the " various situations of mankind," And again, in Corbett v. PoelnitzJ, the same great Jurist says, " This is the " general rule. But then... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 σελίδες
...business of courts," said Lord Mansfield, in Harwell tw. Brooks, 3 Doug. 371, 373 ; " and as the.usages of society alter, the law must adapt itself to the various situations of mankind." See also the language of the same great judge, to the same effect, in Corbett w. Poelnitz, 1 Term R.... | |
 | 1871 - 530 σελίδες
...particular circumstances of each have been found to fall within the one or other of them. Quict/uid agunt homines is the business of courts, and as the usages of society alter, the law must adapt i(«elf to the various situations of ruurikl nd. IA, Mansfield, 1 Cowp. 3D. LORD MANSFIELD. — The... | |
 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper - 1887 - 1030 σελίδες
...single woman, upon the ground that, the reason of the law ceasing, the law itself must cease ; and that, as the usages of society alter, the law must adapt itself to the various situations of mankind. Mr. Justice Buller, in speaking of this decision years afterward, declared that "the points there decided... | |
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Courts, and as the usages of society alter, the law must adapt itself to the various situations of mankind. 
