Commentaries on American Law, Τόμος 2W. Kent, 1848 |
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... suit into a matter of punishment , or going beyond compensatory damages ; and this seems to be the sounder rule in the opinion of Mr. Metcalf and Professor Greenleaf , the eminent jurists to whom Mr. Sedgwick refers , while he frankly ...
... suit into a matter of punishment , or going beyond compensatory damages ; and this seems to be the sounder rule in the opinion of Mr. Metcalf and Professor Greenleaf , the eminent jurists to whom Mr. Sedgwick refers , while he frankly ...
Σελίδα 17
... suit for slanderous words to be met with in the English law , was in the reign of Edward III . , and for the high offence of charging another with a crime which endangered his life . The mischiefs of licensed abuse were felt to be so ...
... suit for slanderous words to be met with in the English law , was in the reign of Edward III . , and for the high offence of charging another with a crime which endangered his life . The mischiefs of licensed abuse were felt to be so ...
Σελίδα 20
... suit for damages , has been adjudged in Louisiana ; and the * 21 & Giving the name of the author to oral slander at the time of its repetition is no justification in this country in an action of slander . Mapes v . Weeks , 4 Wendell's ...
... suit for damages , has been adjudged in Louisiana ; and the * 21 & Giving the name of the author to oral slander at the time of its repetition is no justification in this country in an action of slander . Mapes v . Weeks , 4 Wendell's ...
Σελίδα 31
... suit for refusal to grant the writ , applies , under the New - York statute , to the judges of the supreme court , sitting in court in term time . This is the first instance , in the history of the English law , that the judges of the ...
... suit for refusal to grant the writ , applies , under the New - York statute , to the judges of the supreme court , sitting in court in term time . This is the first instance , in the history of the English law , that the judges of the ...
Σελίδα 31
... suit . The party suing out the writ is to be re- manded , if detained : ( 1. ) By process from any court of the United States having exclusive jurisdiction . ( 2. ) Or by virtue of a final decree , or judgment , or process , thereon ...
... suit . The party suing out the writ is to be re- manded , if detained : ( 1. ) By process from any court of the United States having exclusive jurisdiction . ( 2. ) Or by virtue of a final decree , or judgment , or process , thereon ...
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Σελίδα 314 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Σελίδα 6 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Σελίδα 509 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit, or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Σελίδα 92 - That one of the parties was physically incapable of entering into the marriage state.
Σελίδα 254 - State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States...
Σελίδα 507 - ... or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one...
Σελίδα 482 - The common law affords to every one reasonable protection against fraud in dealing ; but it does not go to the romantic length of giving indemnity against the consequences of indolence and folly, or a careless indifference to the ordinary and accessible means of information.
Σελίδα 219 - Constitution, includes all the jurisdiction, which was possessed and exercised by the Supreme Court of the Colony of New York, at any time, and by the Court of Chancery in England, on the 4th day of July, 1776; with the exceptions, additions, and limitations, created and imposed by the Constitution and laws of the state. Subject to those exceptions and limitations, the Supreme Court of the state has all the powers and authority of each of those courts, and exercises the same in like manner.
Σελίδα 116 - Mere austerity of temper, petulance of manners, rudeness of language, a want of civil attention and accommodation, even occasional sallies of passion, if they do not threaten bodily harm, do not amount to legal cruelty...