A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation, on the other hand, looks to the future and changes existing... Incorrect Distances: Poems - Page 88by Tracy Philpot - 1913 - 87 pagesFull view - About this book
| North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1909 - 1058 pages
...dominant aspect is a court, such as is meant by section 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...to all or some part of those subject to its power. The establishment of a rate is the making of a rule for the future, and is therefore an act legislative,... | |
| Railroad Commission of Kentucky - 1910 - 576 pages
...dominant aspect, is a court such as is meant by Sec 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...to all or some part of those subject to its power. The establishment of a rate is the making of a rule for the future, and therefore is an ace legislative... | |
| 1912 - 790 pages
...aspect, is a court such as is meant by Section 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...to all or some part of those subject to its power. The establishment of a rate is the making of a rule for the future, and therefore is an act legislative,... | |
| 1918 - 1332 pages
..."A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they etnnd on present or pnst facts and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. exst. at s ts purpose an end. LcRislntion, on the other hand, looks to the future and changes existinft... | |
| Australia. High Court - 1910 - 828 pages
...in delivering the decision of the Court, said : — " A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...to all or some part of those subject to its power. The establishment of a rate is the making of a rule for the future, and therefore is an act legislative... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1909 - 722 pages
...dominant aspect, is a court such as is meant by § 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...to all or some part of those subject to its power. The establishment of a rate is the making of a rule for the future, and therefore is an act legislative... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1909 - 740 pages
...dominant aspect, is a court such as is meant by § 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...Legislation, on the other hand, looks to the future and change» existing conditions by making a new rule, to be applied thereafter to all or some part of... | |
| 1909 - 1176 pages
...Corporation Commission acted in a legislative capacity; that the judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...facts, and under laws supposed already to exist; that • legislation, however, looks to the future and ¡ changes existing conditions by making new rules... | |
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