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... tion . " Page 266 , line 2 , dele " to . " Page 274 , line 11 , dele “ to . " Section 575 , line 14 , for " but " read " best . " Page 481 , line 9 , from the bottom , for " and " read " or . " Page 558 , form No. 145 , the words " as ...
... tion . " Page 266 , line 2 , dele " to . " Page 274 , line 11 , dele “ to . " Section 575 , line 14 , for " but " read " best . " Page 481 , line 9 , from the bottom , for " and " read " or . " Page 558 , form No. 145 , the words " as ...
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... tion . The promulgation of those rules of the Supreme Court , seems to be a fit occasion for an attempt to exhibit the practice , in that simplicity and intelligibility which characterize it , and which , if properly exhibited , cannot ...
... tion . The promulgation of those rules of the Supreme Court , seems to be a fit occasion for an attempt to exhibit the practice , in that simplicity and intelligibility which characterize it , and which , if properly exhibited , cannot ...
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... tion depends solely upon the person . Subject Matter . - Other courts are confined in their jurisdic- tion to subjects of a particular character . Subject matter is as various as the law itself , embracing any thing which properly comes ...
... tion depends solely upon the person . Subject Matter . - Other courts are confined in their jurisdic- tion to subjects of a particular character . Subject matter is as various as the law itself , embracing any thing which properly comes ...
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... tion arises before and independently of all courts and their or- ganization , and depends upon the Constitution alone . It was the question which was presented to the first congress , that met under the constitution , when they came to ...
... tion arises before and independently of all courts and their or- ganization , and depends upon the Constitution alone . It was the question which was presented to the first congress , that met under the constitution , when they came to ...
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... tion . Most especially is this so , since the constitution , in the whole and in its parts , was the result of compromises . The views of no party were there embodied , nor were the intentions of any set of men , there carried out ; but ...
... tion . Most especially is this so , since the constitution , in the whole and in its parts , was the result of compromises . The views of no party were there embodied , nor were the intentions of any set of men , there carried out ; but ...
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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.