The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 13Freeman & Bolles, 1835 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
11 Wendell 9 Day action administrator alienation alleged appear applied assignment assumpsit attorney authority benchers bill Bing bond bottomry Chancery charter-party civil claim common law constitution contract court coverture creditors criminal damages debt debtor decision declaration deed defendant delivered delivery demand devised discharge Edwards entitled equity evidence execution executor fraud heirs held husband indictment indorsed Inner Temple Inns of Court interest issue judge judgment judicial jurisdiction jurisprudence jury justice land legislative legislature liable Lord manner ment Middle Temple mortgage mortgagor obligation opinion paid party payment person petition plaintiff plea pleaded possession principles proceedings purchaser question reason received recover Reports rule standing laws statute Statute of Frauds statute of limitations suit tail tenant term testator testimony thing tion trial trust United vendor Vermont Rep wife witness writ of entry writ of right XIII.-NO
Popular passages
Page 77 - No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges distinct from those of the community, than what arises from •the consideration of services rendered to the public ; and this title being in nature neither hereditary, nor transmissible to children, or descendants, or relations by blood, the idea of a man born a magistrate, lawgiver, or judge, is absurd and unnatural.
Page 284 - that if any person or persons shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state...
Page 28 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connection with the people of the other States, and will forthwith proceed to organize a separate Government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do.
Page 370 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold and actually receive the same or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 76 - And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said General Court, from time to time, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, ordinances, directions, and instructions...
Page 81 - The power of suspending the laws, or the execution of the laws, ought never to be exercised but by the legislature, or by authority derived from it, to be exercised in such particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly provide for.
Page 211 - Every person who provides, supplies, or administers to any pregnant woman, or procures any such woman to take any medicine, drug, or substance, or uses or employs any instrument or other means whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of such woman, unless the same is necessary to preserve her life, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than two nor more than five years.
Page 210 - States to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for contempts of court, shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of the said courts...
Page 74 - 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...
Page 370 - No mortgage of personal property hereafter made shall be valid against any other person than the parties thereto, unless possession of the mortgaged property be delivered to and retained by the mortgagee...