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... party , when a small addition or subtraction may alter the case ; and how does it stand with their oath ? " ( 3 Inst . 29 and 30. Case of Lord George Sackville's Court Martial , A. D. 1760. Appendix to Eden's Reports . Proceed- ings at ...
... party , when a small addition or subtraction may alter the case ; and how does it stand with their oath ? " ( 3 Inst . 29 and 30. Case of Lord George Sackville's Court Martial , A. D. 1760. Appendix to Eden's Reports . Proceed- ings at ...
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... Parties . Paley's Political Philosophy . Bentham's Fragment on Government . Sir W. Temple's Essay on Government . ) The manifesto of the Representatives of the United States of America , when they declared their independence of Great ...
... Parties . Paley's Political Philosophy . Bentham's Fragment on Government . Sir W. Temple's Essay on Government . ) The manifesto of the Representatives of the United States of America , when they declared their independence of Great ...
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... party , and which was tried before the Bishop of Baieux , in the reign of the Conqueror . It was not until the reign of Henry the Second , that the trial by twelve men , " duodecemvirale judicium " generally superseded the trial by an ...
... party , and which was tried before the Bishop of Baieux , in the reign of the Conqueror . It was not until the reign of Henry the Second , that the trial by twelve men , " duodecemvirale judicium " generally superseded the trial by an ...
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... party , who , upon the trial , holds the affirmative side of the question , is to produce his Witnesses , whom he is at liberty to name at his pleasure . On the other hand , a negative is incapable of being proved ; I mean directly ...
... party , who , upon the trial , holds the affirmative side of the question , is to produce his Witnesses , whom he is at liberty to name at his pleasure . On the other hand , a negative is incapable of being proved ; I mean directly ...
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Sir John Fortescue, Andrew Amos. and if the other party had ever so much mind to object against them , or their evidence , it will not always happen that they are or can be known by the party , defendant in the cause , in order to call ...
Sir John Fortescue, Andrew Amos. and if the other party had ever so much mind to object against them , or their evidence , it will not always happen that they are or can be known by the party , defendant in the cause , in order to call ...
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Page 3 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites: and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life...
Page 186 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 72 - And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.
Page 21 - And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables ; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Page 200 - Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised ' than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Page 9 - Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Page 149 - But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Page 200 - Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice; and an overspeaking judge is no well tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar ; or to show quickness of conceit in cutting off evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information by questions, though pertinent.
Page 149 - And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Page 48 - Neque est quaerendus explanator aut interpres ejus alius: nee erit alia lex Romae, alia Athenis, alia nunc, alia posthac, sed et omnes gentes, et omni tempore una Lex, et sempiterna, et immortalis continebit; unusque erit communis quasi magister, et imperator omnium DEUS.