A Treatise on the Rules which Govern the Interpretation and Application of Statutory and Constitutional LawJ. S. Voorhies, 1857 - 712 σελίδες |
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... held " that the law by which the emigrants were governed in re- gard to waste committed by tenants , was the law in force in England at the time of the emigration . Un- less our ancestors can be supposed to have settled this country and ...
... held " that the law by which the emigrants were governed in re- gard to waste committed by tenants , was the law in force in England at the time of the emigration . Un- less our ancestors can be supposed to have settled this country and ...
Σελίδα 33
... held public acts . Although a statute be of a private character , yet if it contain any provisions giving penalties to the State , or declares or punishes any public offense , it will be held a public statute . Generally , if the act ...
... held public acts . Although a statute be of a private character , yet if it contain any provisions giving penalties to the State , or declares or punishes any public offense , it will be held a public statute . Generally , if the act ...
Σελίδα 53
... held that this was not within the mischief contemplated by the Constitution , and that the act was valid . * The Commencement . - This clause , with which where there is no preamble each bill commences , varies accord- ing to the ...
... held that this was not within the mischief contemplated by the Constitution , and that the act was valid . * The Commencement . - This clause , with which where there is no preamble each bill commences , varies accord- ing to the ...
Σελίδα 80
... held guilty in Massachusetts . * So again , where one was indicted in New York for obtaining money by fraudulent pretenses from a firm in that State , by ex- hibiting to them fictitious receipts for property signed by a person in Ohio ...
... held guilty in Massachusetts . * So again , where one was indicted in New York for obtaining money by fraudulent pretenses from a firm in that State , by ex- hibiting to them fictitious receipts for property signed by a person in Ohio ...
Σελίδα 86
... held that a note growing out of a purchase for supply- ing the city alms - house with coal , under a contract in which a member of the city government was interested , given for the share of profits accruing to such mem- ber , was void ...
... held that a note growing out of a purchase for supply- ing the city alms - house with coal , under a contract in which a member of the city government was interested , given for the share of profits accruing to such mem- ber , was void ...
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Σελίδα 592 - ... 2. A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
Σελίδα 466 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Σελίδα 158 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void ; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void ; and therefore in 8 E 330 ab Thomas Tregor's case on the statutes of W.
Σελίδα 567 - No person shall, for the same offence, be twice put in jeopardy of his life or limb, nor shall any man's property be taken or applied to public use without the consent of his representatives, and without just compensation being previously made to him.
Σελίδα 575 - Every act shall embrace but one subject and matters properly connected therewith ; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Σελίδα 545 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Σελίδα 581 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent, as the lot of humanity will admit.
Σελίδα 322 - This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those States which enact it.
Σελίδα 305 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Σελίδα 592 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.