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... things which to some may seem unimportant . In a practical matter , nothing can well supply the place of that emphasis and distinctness which come from visible illustra- tions . The practical forms , are for that reason , very full and ...
... things which to some may seem unimportant . In a practical matter , nothing can well supply the place of that emphasis and distinctness which come from visible illustra- tions . The practical forms , are for that reason , very full and ...
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... things which to some may seem unimportant . In a practical matter , nothing can well supply the place of that emphasis and distinctness which come from visible illustrations . The practical forms , are for that reason , very full and ...
... things which to some may seem unimportant . In a practical matter , nothing can well supply the place of that emphasis and distinctness which come from visible illustrations . The practical forms , are for that reason , very full and ...
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... thing which properly comes within the sphere of legislation ; crimes and punishments , natural and social relations , contracts , obligations , duties , rights and wrongs ; these are distributed among different tribunals , as the ...
... thing which properly comes within the sphere of legislation ; crimes and punishments , natural and social relations , contracts , obligations , duties , rights and wrongs ; these are distributed among different tribunals , as the ...
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... thing else depends . There is indeed a question as to what may be the proper court , but there lies behind it the more difficult and important question to what gov- ernment or sovereignty we must resort . If any contro- versy belongs to ...
... thing else depends . There is indeed a question as to what may be the proper court , but there lies behind it the more difficult and important question to what gov- ernment or sovereignty we must resort . If any contro- versy belongs to ...
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... thing which is not forbidden in their constitutions , the government of the United States , having no powers except such as are granted to it di- rectly or indirectly in its constitution , can do nothing except those things for which it ...
... thing which is not forbidden in their constitutions , the government of the United States , having no powers except such as are granted to it di- rectly or indirectly in its constitution , can do nothing except those things for which it ...
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Admiralty and Maritime Admiralty Courts Admiralty jurisdiction admiralty law aforesaid alleges as follows amount answer apparel and furniture appear arrest attachment attorney bail Betts bills of lading bottomry brig cargo cause charter party Circuit Court civil and maritime claim claimant clerk commission common law contract costs Court of Admiralty defendant depositions District Court dollars entitled filed final decree freight garnishee GEORGE W Honorable Court Honorable Samuel interrogatories issue Judge jury law and justice libellant prays Lord one thousand maritime jurisdiction maritime law Marshal master monition navigable notice oath Oleron owner personam persons Peter Harmony pleadings port Prac practice proceed proceedings Proctor ralty RULE schooner ship or vessel ship Waterloo singular the premises Southern District steamboat stipulation suit Supreme Court sureties Sworn tackle taken therein thereof thousand eight hundred tion U. S. Commissioner United voyage wages witnesses York
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Page 595 - ... for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 11 - The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 447 - Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, BY JS REDFIELD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York.
Page 459 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen...
Page 416 - Such depositions may be taken before any judge of any court of the United States, or any commissioner of a circuit, or any clerk of a district or circuit court, or any chancellor, justice, or judge of a supreme or superior court, mayor or chief magistrate of a city, judge of a county court, or court of common pleas of any of the United States...
Page 177 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Page 179 - It shall not be lawful for any judge appointed under the authority of the United States to exercise the profession or employment of counsel or attorney, or to be engaged in the practice of the law.
Page 352 - ... shall be heard and determined as in other cases; and if such representatives shall not voluntarily become parties, then the other party may suggest the death on the record, and thereupon, on motion, obtain an order that unless such representatives shall become parties within...
Page 334 - ... in the court to which the process is returnable, or in any appellate court...
Page 182 - That in all the courts of the United States, the parties may plead and manage their own causes personally or by the assistance of such counsel or attorneys at law as by the rules of the said courts respectively shall be permitted to manage and conduct causes therein.