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" By the law of the land, is most clearly intended, the general law; a law, which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. "
Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 128
by Daniel Webster - 1848
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court And ..., Volume 92

New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1919 - 760 pages
...generic language of Mr. Webster in the Dartmouth. College Case, 4 Wheat. 518, 581, is a proceeding "which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial." Specifically, it is held to be that a hearing shall be accorded to the alleged delinquent by an impartial...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 4

United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 pages
...legislature, which have no relation to the community in general, and which are rather sentences than laws ?" By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...protection of the general rules which govern society. Every thing which may pass under the form of an enactaent, is not, therefore, to be considered the...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 7

1832 - 504 pages
...which have no relation to the community in general, and which are rather sentences than laws ? " ' By the law of the land, is most clearly intended,...which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only aAer trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities...
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The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments ...

Daniel Webster - 1851 - 568 pages
...legislature, which have no relation to the community in general, and which are rather sentences than laws " ? By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds • 1 Black. Com. 44. f Coke, 2 Inst. 46. upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial The meaning...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 53

Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1885 - 744 pages
...without adjudication. If we take Mr. Webster's definition, which is terse, and as accurate as any, viz.: "By the 'law of the land ' is most clearly intended the general law, which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial....
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Speeches in Congress ; Legal arguments and speeches to the jury

Daniel Webster - 1853 - 566 pages
...legislature, which have no relation to the community in general, and which are rather sentences than laws " ? By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...protection of the general rules which govern society. Every thing which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law...
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Connecticut Reports: Containing Cases Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 54

Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - 1887 - 664 pages
...process of law, or due course of law. Mr. Webster's definition in the Dartmouth college case is, " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...protection of the general rules which govern society." Cooley, in his Const. Limitations, 357, says : — " There is no rule or principle known to our system...
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Webster and His Master-pieces, Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 560 pages
...community ia general, and which are rather sentences than laws ?" • 1 Black. Com. 44 t Coko, 2 In. 46. By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen bhall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which...
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The Works, Volume 5

Daniel Webster - 1854 - 568 pages
...legislature, which have no relation to the community in general, and which are rather sentences than laws " ? By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds • 1 Black. Com. 44. f Coke> 2 Inst, 46upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning...
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A Treatise on the Rules which Govern the Interpretation and Application of ...

Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 pages
...definition of it than is to be found in the argument of Mr. Webster, in the Dartmouth College case. " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial....
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