Commentaries on American Law, Volumes 1-4Little, Brown, 1858 |
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... notice , that this last act speaks of children at large , without any allusion to residence or minority ; and yet , as the two acts are intimately connected , and make but one sys- tem , the last act is to be construed with reference to ...
... notice , that this last act speaks of children at large , without any allusion to residence or minority ; and yet , as the two acts are intimately connected , and make but one sys- tem , the last act is to be construed with reference to ...
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... notice , is still valid in law , and only subjects the parties to certain penalties . ( b ) It has been the usual practice with nations , to prescribe certain forms and ceremonies , and generally of a religious nature , as being ...
... notice , is still valid in law , and only subjects the parties to certain penalties . ( b ) It has been the usual practice with nations , to prescribe certain forms and ceremonies , and generally of a religious nature , as being ...
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... notice now required in Massachusetts is the registration of the intention of marriage in the office of the clerk , & c . , of the town . The clerk gives a certificate , which is to be delivered to the minister or magistrate . Act of ...
... notice now required in Massachusetts is the registration of the intention of marriage in the office of the clerk , & c . , of the town . The clerk gives a certificate , which is to be delivered to the minister or magistrate . Act of ...
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... notice of the proceeding , to be null and void ; because the court pronouncing the divorce had no lawful jurisdiction of the case when they had none over the absent wife . They considered it to be a judgment obtained ' upon false and ...
... notice of the proceeding , to be null and void ; because the court pronouncing the divorce had no lawful jurisdiction of the case when they had none over the absent wife . They considered it to be a judgment obtained ' upon false and ...
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... notice only of the suit of his wife for a divorce by publica- tion ; but she had for some years been a bona fide citizen of Indiana , and acquired a domicil animo manendi . The decision was founded upon the authority of the statute of ...
... notice only of the suit of his wife for a divorce by publica- tion ; but she had for some years been a bona fide citizen of Indiana , and acquired a domicil animo manendi . The decision was founded upon the authority of the statute of ...
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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.