Civil Office and Political Ethics: With an Appendix, Containing Familiar Law Relating to Husband and Wife, Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward, Wills, Executors and Administrators, Witnesses, Jurors, and Arbitrators : for the Use of Citizens and Schools |
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... land might be defined — A rule of civil action , adopted by general consent , and obligatory upon each individual of the state . " The law is the free and solemn expression of the gene- ral will , and is the same for all , both in ...
... land might be defined — A rule of civil action , adopted by general consent , and obligatory upon each individual of the state . " The law is the free and solemn expression of the gene- ral will , and is the same for all , both in ...
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... land forces , warlike stores , and other matters respecting military affairs ; also relative to the granting of lands for military services , or relative to pen- sions , or Indian affairs ; and he conducts the business of his department ...
... land forces , warlike stores , and other matters respecting military affairs ; also relative to the granting of lands for military services , or relative to pen- sions , or Indian affairs ; and he conducts the business of his department ...
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... lands belonging to the United States , as are required of him by law . When required , he reports and gives information to either branch of congress , in per- son , or in writing , concerning matters pertaining to his office ; and in ...
... lands belonging to the United States , as are required of him by law . When required , he reports and gives information to either branch of congress , in per- son , or in writing , concerning matters pertaining to his office ; and in ...
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... Land office , & c . , besides clerks in these various offices , a detail of whose powers and duties , would occupy too great space for the plan of this work , and it is therefore omitted . The salary of the Secretary of the Treasury is ...
... Land office , & c . , besides clerks in these various offices , a detail of whose powers and duties , would occupy too great space for the plan of this work , and it is therefore omitted . The salary of the Secretary of the Treasury is ...
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... land and water : To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use , shall be for a longer term than two years : To provide and maintain a navy : To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and ...
... land and water : To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use , shall be for a longer term than two years : To provide and maintain a navy : To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and ...
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Page 189 - ... no person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery shall be allowed to disclose any information which he may have acquired in attending any patient, in a professional character, and which information was necessary to enable him to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or to do any act for him, as a surgeon.
Page 159 - The duties of children to their parents arise from a principle of natural justice and retribution. For to those who gave us existence we naturally owe subjection and obedience during our minority, and honour and reverence ever after: they who protected the weakness of our infancy are entitled to our protection in the infirmity of their age; they who by sustenance and education have enabled their offspring to prosper, ought in return to be supported by that offspring, in case they stand in need of...
Page 12 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 155 - The husband also, by the old law, might give his wife moderate correction. For, as he is to answer for her misbehaviour, the law thought it reasonable to intrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that a man is allowed to correct his apprentices or children; for whom the master or parent is also liable in some cases to answer.
Page 196 - A libel is a malicious publication expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs and pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of one dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.
Page 41 - He shall communicate by message to the Legislature, at every session, the condition of the State, and recommend such matters to them as he shall judge expedient.
Page 36 - But no man of color, unless he shall have been for three years a citizen of this State, and for one year next preceding any election shall have been seized and possessed of a freehold estate of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars, over and above all debts and incumbrances charged thereon, and shall have been actually rated, and paid a tax thereon, shall be entitled to vote at such election.
Page 5 - Deus" — the law is mind without passion, and therefore like God. Or, according to Grotius, " God approved and ratified the salutary constitutions of government made by men ;" while Demosthenes declares, that "the design and object of laws is to ascertain what is just, honorable, and expedient; and when that is discovered, it is proclaimed as a general ordinance, equal and impartial to all.
Page 23 - States, who shall be sworn, or affirmed, to a faithful execution of his office; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court, in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law, when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services, as shall by law...
Page 156 - But with us, in the politer reign of Charles the second, this power of correction began to be doubted; and a wife may now have security of the peace against her husband; or, in return, a husband against his wife. Yet the lower rank of people, who were always fond of the old common law, still claim and exert their ancient privilege: and the courts of law will still permit a husband to restrain a wife of her liberty, in case of any gross misbehaviour.