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... extends to a man who has participated in a crime, without being the principal or
accomplice ; remission is made in cases of involuntary homicides, and self-
defence. Abolition is different ; it is applied when the crime exists which cannot be
...
... extends to a man who has participated in a crime, without being the principal or
accomplice ; remission is made in cases of involuntary homicides, and self-
defence. Abolition is different ; it is applied when the crime exists which cannot be
...
Page 455
This term is applied in the common law in a different sense from what it bears in
the civil law. In the former it is applied to lands left by the sea. When so left by
degrees the derelict land belongs to the owner of the soil adjoining, but when the
...
This term is applied in the common law in a different sense from what it bears in
the civil law. In the former it is applied to lands left by the sea. When so left by
degrees the derelict land belongs to the owner of the soil adjoining, but when the
...
Page 601
That it shall be the duty of the commissioner to cause to be prepared, and to
certify, under the seal of the general land office, such copies of records, books,
and papers on file in his office, as may be applied for, to be used in evidence in
courts ...
That it shall be the duty of the commissioner to cause to be prepared, and to
certify, under the seal of the general land office, such copies of records, books,
and papers on file in his office, as may be applied for, to be used in evidence in
courts ...
Page 602
That if any person shall apply to any register of any land office to enter any land
whatever, and the said register shall knowingly and falsely inform the person so
applying that the same has already been entered and refuse to permit the person
...
That if any person shall apply to any register of any land office to enter any land
whatever, and the said register shall knowingly and falsely inform the person so
applying that the same has already been entered and refuse to permit the person
...
Page 661
This term is applied to indicate the want of a sufficient consideration for a Vol. i.—
56. thing sold, or such price as under ordinary circumstances would be
considered insufficient. Inadequacy of price is frequently connected with fraud,
gross ...
This term is applied to indicate the want of a sufficient consideration for a Vol. i.—
56. thing sold, or such price as under ordinary circumstances would be
considered insufficient. Inadequacy of price is frequently connected with fraud,
gross ...
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Page 354 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 134 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 153 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 153 - Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 364 - In all cases in which a State is a party, the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction. The thirteenth section of the judiciary act of 1789, provided 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 134 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil, claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of...
Page 135 - State of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States or either of them.
Page 382 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 123 - The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. The concurrence of a majority of all the members shall be necessary to an impeachment. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate, and when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall be upon oath or affirmation to do Justice according to law and evidence.
Page 381 - Writs of error, and appeals from the final decisions of said Supreme Court, shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States...
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| Title | A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union: With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law Volume 1 of A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America : and of the Several States of the American Union : with References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law, John Bouvier |
| Author | John Bouvier |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | T. and J. W. Johnson, 1843 |
| Length | 1512 pages |
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