Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an Analysis of the Work, Nide 1S. Sweet, 1836 |
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Sivu vii
... death of Mr. VINER in 1756 , and his ample benefaction , to the university , for promoting the study of the law , produced about two years afterwards a regular and public establishment of what the author had privately undertaken . The ...
... death of Mr. VINER in 1756 , and his ample benefaction , to the university , for promoting the study of the law , produced about two years afterwards a regular and public establishment of what the author had privately undertaken . The ...
Sivu x
... death of his elder brothers , owner of the Chilton estate , which is still enjoyed by that family . The affectionate , it may be said the parental , care this gentle- man took of all his nephews , particularly in giving them liberal ...
... death of his elder brothers , owner of the Chilton estate , which is still enjoyed by that family . The affectionate , it may be said the parental , care this gentle- man took of all his nephews , particularly in giving them liberal ...
Sivu xiv
... death , he communicated to Mr. Stevens , and which that gentleman inserted in his last edition of that author , shew how well he understood the meaning , as well as the beauties of his favourite poet * . In November , 1743 , he was ...
... death , he communicated to Mr. Stevens , and which that gentleman inserted in his last edition of that author , shew how well he understood the meaning , as well as the beauties of his favourite poet * . In November , 1743 , he was ...
Sivu xvi
... endeavoured to prove , that , as the kindred to the founder , a popish ecclesiastic , could not but be collateral , the length of time elapsed since his death must , according to the rules both of the civil xvi LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
... endeavoured to prove , that , as the kindred to the founder , a popish ecclesiastic , could not but be collateral , the length of time elapsed since his death must , according to the rules both of the civil xvi LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
Sivu xviii
... death of Dr. Coxed , Warden of Winchester , in the year 1757 , he was elected , by the surviving visitors of Michel's new foundation in Queen's College , into that body . This situa- tion afforded fresh matter for his active genius to ...
... death of Dr. Coxed , Warden of Winchester , in the year 1757 , he was elected , by the surviving visitors of Michel's new foundation in Queen's College , into that body . This situa- tion afforded fresh matter for his active genius to ...
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Sivu 210 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.
Sivu 439 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Sivu 412 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Sivu 157 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical, or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal ; this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Sivu 234 - And whereas the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the kings and queens who shall ascend the throne of this realm ought to administer the government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Sivu 41 - Commentaries, remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid derive all their force and all their validity and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Sivu 235 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established by law ? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? — King or queen. All this I promise to do.
Sivu 60 - that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity,' did not extend to the surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street in a fit.
Sivu 67 - This unwritten, or common law, is properly distinguishable into three kinds: 1. General customs; which are the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law, in its stricter and more usual signification. 2. Particular customs; which for the most part affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. 3. Certain particular laws ; which by custom are adopted and used by some particular courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction.
Sivu 58 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be "a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.