McKelvie's Megaphone History and LawO.A. McKelvie, 1920 - 80 sider |
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Side 80 - That which ought to have been done is to be regarded as done, in favor of him to whom, and against him from whom, performance is due.
Side 9 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Side 51 - State shall consist only in levying war against it, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Side 80 - Where one of two innocent persons must suffer by the act of a third, he, by whose negligence it happened, must be the sufferer.
Side 80 - Any one may waive the advantage of a law intended solely for his benefit. But a law established for a public reason cannot be contravened by a private agreement.
Side 7 - But that a science, which distinguishes the criterions of right and wrong ; which teaches to establish the one, and prevent, punish, or redress the other ; which employs in its theory the noblest faculties of the soul, and exerts in its practice the cardinal virtues of the heart; a science, which is universal in its use and extent, accommodated to each individual, yet comprehending the whole community...
Side 48 - a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.
Side 47 - The judicial power of the United States extends to all cases arising...
Side 62 - A CORPORATION is a creature of the law, having certain powers and duties of a natural person.
Side 73 - obligation" is a legal duty, by which a person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing.