FOX'S LIBEL ACT, provisions of, 462. import and purpose of, 462, 463. of incorporation, when they constitute contracts, 279. police regulations respecting, 577. may be appropriated under right of domain, 526. as affecting decrees of divorce, 401 and n. FREEDOM, maxims of, in the common law, 21, 22. gradually acquired by servile classes in Great Britain, 295, 299. FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS, provisions to secure, 614, 615. bribery and treating of electors, 614. militia not to be called out on election day, 614. courts not to be open on election day, 614. betting on elections illegal,. 615. contracts to influence elections void, 615. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, Hamilton's reasons why protection of by bill of rights not impor- opposing reasons by Jefferson, 258 n. (See LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND of the Press.) FREEDOM OF SPEECH, definition of, 422. (See LIBERTY OF SPEECH AND of the Press.) FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, to be delivered up by the States, 15, 16. constitutions are, 2. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, bills of, in State constitutions, 35. in the national Constitution, 256 - 259. in England, 23, 257. are before constitutions, 36, 37. statutes in violation of, 169 176. G. GAMING IMPLEMENTS, keeping of, for unlawful games, may be prohibited, 596. GENERAL INTENT, when to control particular intent, 58 n. GENERAL LAWS, required instead of special by some constitutions, 128, 129 n. due process of law does not always require, 353-355, 389-393. suspension of, 391. changes in, give citizens no claim to remuneration, 358. respecting remedies, power of legislature to change, 267-273, GENERAL WARRANTS, illegality of, 299-303. GEORGIA, (See SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.) divorce cases to be adjudged by the courts, 110 n. GOOD MOTIVES AND JUSTIFIABLE ENDS, burden of proof on defendant to show, 464. GOVERNMENT, constitutional, what is, 2, 3. of the United States, origin of, 5-8. GOVERNOR, (See UNITED STATES.) approval or veto of laws by, 153, 154. messages to legislature, 155. power to prorogue or adjourn legislature, 132. power to convene legislature, 155. legislative encroachment on powers of, 114-116. power to pardon, 115 n. power to reprieve, 116 n. GRADE OF RAILROADS, legislature may establish for crossings, 580. GRADE OF STREETS, change of, gives parties no right to compensation, 207. GRAND JURY, criminal accusations by, 309. GRAND JURY,- Continued. presentments by, are privileged, 442 n. GRANTS, by States, cannot be resumed, 274, 275 n. of franchises, strict construction of, 195, 394-396. to municipal bodies, may be recalled, 276. GREAT BRITAIN, power of Parliament to change constitution, 3. control over American Colonies, 5. habeas corpus act of, 23, 344. bills of attainder in, 260, 261. money bills to originate in the Commons, 132 n. prosecutions for libel in, 427, 460-462. GUARDIANS, special statutes authorizing sales by, 97 - 106. propriety of judicial action in such cases, 97. control of ward by, 340. appointment of, in divorce suits, 405. GUNPOWDER, police regulations concerning, 595. HABEAS CORPUS, H. writ of, a principal protection to personal liberty, 338, 342. personal liberty, meaning of, 339. restraints upon, to prevent or punish crime, &c. 339. growing out of relation of husband and wife, 339. of parent and child, 340. of guardian and ward, 340. of creditor and debtor, 341. insecurity of, formerly, in England, 342, 343. habeas corpus act, and its purpose, 23, 344. general provisions of, 344, 345. adoption of, in America, 345. HABEAS CORPUS,—Continued. writ of, when to be issued by national courts, 345, 346. generally to issue from State courts, 346. return to, where prisoner held under national authority, 347. to obtain custody of children, 348. HARBOR REGULATIONS, establishment of, by the States, 585. HARDSHIP, of particular cases not to control the law, 71, 72 n. police regulations for protection of, 595. draining swamps, &c., in reference to, 510. HIGH SEAS, States no authority upon, 128. HIGHWAYS, establishment of, under right of eminent domain, 524. when owner entitled to compensation in such case, 564. appropriation of, to purposes of turnpike, railroad, &c. whether it (See EMINENT DOMAIN.) regulations of, by States under police power, 588, 594. HUSBAND AND WIFE, power of legislature to divorce, 109-114. jurisdiction in divorce cases, 401 - 406. (See DIVORCE.) control of husband over wife, 339. right as between, to custody of children, 348. property rights, how far subject to legislative control, 360, 361. IDEM SONANS, I. ballots sufficient in cases of, 608. IDIOTS, exclusion of, from suffrage, 599. special legislative authority for sale of lands of, 97-106. ILLEGAL CONTRACTS, have no obligation, 286. ILLEGAL CONTRACTS, -Continued. for lobby legislative services, 136 and n. ILLINOIS, legislature of, not to grant divorces, 110 n. when statutes of, to take effect, 156. title to private or local bill to express object, 142 n. liberty of speech and the press in, 416. religious tests forbidden, 469 n. persons conscientiously opposed to bearing arms excused, 478 n. of citizens of the several States, 15, 16, 397. IMPAIRING CONTRACTS, (See OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS.) IMPEACHMENT, of judges for declaring law unconstitutional, 160. IMPLICATION, amendments by, not favored, 152. grant of powers by, in State constitutions, 63, 64. of municipal corporations, what are, 194-209. IMPLIED PROHIBITIONS, to the States by the national Constitution, 18. IMPORTS, State taxation of, 586, 587. IMPOSTS, to be uniform throughout the union, 10. IMPRISONMENT, for legislative contempt must terminate with the session, 134. owner of land cannot be compelled to make, 385, 532. local, assessments for the making of, 497-510. (See ASSESSMENTS.) |