 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 pages
...(1780) contained this simpler provision (Chapter vi. Art. vi.) "All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used, and approved in the province, colony, or State, of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practiced on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force until altered or... | |
 | Francis Hilliard - 1859 - 594 pages
...law in the parent country, it does not appear to have been, in the language of our constitution, ' adopted, used, and approved in the province, colony, or state of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law.' The only recorded trace of its recognition in this commonwealth... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1862 - 660 pages
...rule in England at the time of the separation ? but what was the right of the jury under the law " adopted, used and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay " ? Upon that question, in the light of our legislation, the practice and usages of our courts and... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1862 - 448 pages
...court. cont!nnation of VI. All the laws, which have heretofore been adopted, SP?,«Lc'rw«' "~ use^ and approved, in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practiced on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1866 - 664 pages
...of the constitution. The clause is this : Chap. 6, Art. 1, Sect. 6 : " All the laws which have been adopted, used and approved in the province, colony or state of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force until altered or... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1867 - 1310 pages
...present constitution, part 2, c. 6, art. 6, it is declared, that "all the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved, in the province, colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...party, and be signed by the clerk of such court. ART. YI. All the laws, which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved, in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practiced on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 674 pages
...this is included in the description of laws which had, before the adoption of the constitution, been used and approved in the Province, Colony, or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised in the courts of law. Const, of Mass. c. VI. § 6. It was so held in Commonwealth... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1873 - 1158 pages
...not a party, and be signed by the clerk of such court. VI. All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 pages
...(1780) contained this simpler provision (Chapter vi, Art. vi.) " All the laws which tave heretofore been adopted, used, and approved in the province, colony, or State, of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practiced on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force until altered or... | |
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All the laws, which have heretofore been adopted, used, and approved in the province, colony or state of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force until altered or repealed by the legislature... 
