Commentaries on American Law, Volumes 1-4Little, Brown, 1858 |
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... law of nature , and they are familiar to the institutions of every country ... law , under the well known name of corporations . There is a still more ... common law , without any regard or reference to the po- litical condition or ...
... law of nature , and they are familiar to the institutions of every country ... law , under the well known name of corporations . There is a still more ... common law , without any regard or reference to the po- litical condition or ...
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... common - law doctrine of natural and per- petual allegiance by birth . The inference to be drawn from the discussion ... law in respect to all persons born within the king's allegiance , and was the law of the colonies , and became the ...
... common - law doctrine of natural and per- petual allegiance by birth . The inference to be drawn from the discussion ... law in respect to all persons born within the king's allegiance , and was the law of the colonies , and became the ...
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... law of the United States ; and that until some legislative regulations on the subject were prescribed , the rule of the common law must prevail . * 47 * In 1797 , the same question was brought before the Circuit Court of the United ...
... law of the United States ; and that until some legislative regulations on the subject were prescribed , the rule of the common law must prevail . * 47 * In 1797 , the same question was brought before the Circuit Court of the United ...
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... common law , required and admitted under the liberal in- fluence of commerce . Though a natural - born subject cannot throw off his allegiance , and is always amenable for criminal acts against his native country , yet for commercial ...
... common law , required and admitted under the liberal in- fluence of commerce . Though a natural - born subject cannot throw off his allegiance , and is always amenable for criminal acts against his native country , yet for commercial ...
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... common law , of inheriting as natives , if the father went and continued abroad in the character of an Englishman , * with the approbation of the sovereign . ( c ) The statute of 25 Edw . III . stat . 2 , appears to have been made to ...
... common law , of inheriting as natives , if the father went and continued abroad in the character of an Englishman , * with the approbation of the sovereign . ( c ) The statute of 25 Edw . III . stat . 2 , appears to have been made to ...
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Page 389 - 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.
Page 15 - States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.
Page 699 - ... 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...
Page ii - Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned ; and also to an Act entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such •Copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 365 - In addition to the powers enumerated in the first section of this title, and to those expressly given in its charter, or in the act under which it is, or shall be, incorporated, no corporation shall possess or exercise any corporate powers, except such as shall be necessary to the exercise of the powers so enumerated and given.
Page 32 - Majesty, shall continue to hold them according to the nature and tenure of their respective estates and titles therein; and may grant, sell or devise the same to whom they please...
Page 287 - State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States...
Page 307 - It is chiefly for the purpose of clothing bodies of men, in succession, with these qualities and capacities, that corporations were invented and are in use. By these means a perpetual succession of individuals are capable of acting for the promotion of the particular object, like one immortal being.
Page 289 - No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person.) shall vote for members of the senate or house of commons.
Page 487 - The question upon the whole is, whether this is a legitimate use of the plaintiff's publication in the fair exercise of a mental operation, deserving the character of an original work.