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" No right Is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded, by the common law. than the right of every individual to the possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint or Interference of others, unless by clear and unquestionable authority... "
The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad ... - Page 407
edited by - 1891
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The New International Encyclopæeia, Volume 7

Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1909 - 886 pages
...affirmative answer has been given by many State tribunals. The power has been denied on the ground that the right of every individual to the possession and control of his own person is held sacred and carefully guarded by the common law. That right, it is said, is as much invaded...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 124

1910 - 1336 pages
...anœsthettc IB necessary in order that it be performed. No right is held more sacred, or is more carethe right of every individual to the possession and control...own person, free from all restraint or interference from others, unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law. As is well said by Judge Cooley :...
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The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases ...

1910 - 860 pages
...operation, especially where the administration of an anaesthetic is necessary in order that it be performed. No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded by the common law, than is the right of every individual to the possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint...
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Reports of a Portion of the Decisions Rendered by the Supreme ..., Volume 20

Hawaii. Supreme Court - 1912 - 828 pages
...before the trial that the plaintiff be required to submit to a surgical examination on the ground that "No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully...unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law," and that "no order to inspect the body of a party in a personal action appears to have been made, or...
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Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska, Volume 98

Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1915 - 986 pages
...by Mr. Justice Brewer, and concurred in by Mr. Justice Brown. In the majority opinion it is said : "No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully...unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law. * * * The inviolability of the person is as much invaded by a compulsory stripping and exposure as...
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Mississippi Reports ... Being Cases Argued and Decided in the ..., Volume 107

Mississippi. Supreme Court - 1916 - 1030 pages
...v. Botsford, 141 TJ. S. 250, 11 Sup. Ct. 1000, 35 L. Ed. 734, reviewing the precise question, said : "No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully...unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law." Quoting further from the opinion of the court in the Botsford case, we find this: "The inviolability...
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McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated: With Annotations ..., Book 8

New York (State) - 1916 - 70 pages
...4)." Persona subject to mttitwry duty: see MILITARY LAW, § 1. Right to freedom from restraint. — " No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully...unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law." Union Pac. R. Co. v. Botsford, 141 US 251. Constitution of United States. — By article 1, section...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 64

1907 - 538 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States in 1891. Mr. Justice Gray, speaking for the court, there said : "No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully...unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law. * * * The inviolability of the person is as much invaded by a compulsory stripping and exposure as...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 47

1898 - 536 pages
...precedent, such as the defendants had desired, could be found in the common law. '-No right." he said, "is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded...unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law. As was said by Judge Cooley : 'The right to one's person may be said to be a right of complete immunity...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 33

1801 - 518 pages
...as to the extent of the injury sued for. We concur with the circuit court in holding that it 'n .11 no legal right or power to make and enforce such an...every individual to the possession and control of bis own person, free from all restraint or interference of others, unless by clear and unquestionable...
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