Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books; with an Analysis of the Work. With a Life of the Author, and Notes: by Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland: and Also References to American Cases, Volum 1W.E. Dean, 1838 |
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Side xx
... customs . II . Particular customs . III . Particular laws 3. General customs , or the common law properly so called ... custom , are adopted and used only in certain peculiar courts , under the su- perintendence and control of the com ...
... customs . II . Particular customs . III . Particular laws 3. General customs , or the common law properly so called ... custom , are adopted and used only in certain peculiar courts , under the su- perintendence and control of the com ...
Side xxvi
... custom 4. Devise 5. Alienation , by common assurances ; which are 1. Deed , or matter in pais ; wherein of its 1. General nature , 2. Several species 2. Matter of record II . Things personal , or chattels ; in which are considered ΧΧ ...
... custom 4. Devise 5. Alienation , by common assurances ; which are 1. Deed , or matter in pais ; wherein of its 1. General nature , 2. Several species 2. Matter of record II . Things personal , or chattels ; in which are considered ΧΧ ...
Side xxviii
... custom of the manor OF FREEHOLD ESTATES OF INHERIT- 103 to 117 1. Estates in lands , tenements , and he- reditaments , are such interest as the tenant hath therein ; to ascertain which , may be considered , I. The quantity of interest ...
... custom of the manor OF FREEHOLD ESTATES OF INHERIT- 103 to 117 1. Estates in lands , tenements , and he- reditaments , are such interest as the tenant hath therein ; to ascertain which , may be considered , I. The quantity of interest ...
Side xxix
... custom ; ad ostium ecclesiæ ; or ex assensu patris 10. Dower may be forfeited , or barred ; particularly by an estate in jointure CHAPTER IX . OF ESTATES LESS THAN FREEHOLD Page 128 132-3 136 140-150 140 to 150 1. Estates less than ...
... custom ; ad ostium ecclesiæ ; or ex assensu patris 10. Dower may be forfeited , or barred ; particularly by an estate in jointure CHAPTER IX . OF ESTATES LESS THAN FREEHOLD Page 128 132-3 136 140-150 140 to 150 1. Estates less than ...
Side xxxi
... custom ) is a personal immemorial usage of enjoying a right in some in- corporeal hereditament , by a man , and ... customs . VIII . By bankruptcy 3. Forfeitures for crimes , or misdemes- nors , are for , I. Treason . II . Felony . III ...
... custom ) is a personal immemorial usage of enjoying a right in some in- corporeal hereditament , by a man , and ... customs . VIII . By bankruptcy 3. Forfeitures for crimes , or misdemes- nors , are for , I. Treason . II . Felony . III ...
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Side 353 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Side 403 - I proceed to distribute and consider its several objects. •There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, [ *2 ] and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Side 353 - For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her ; for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence; and to covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himself...
Side 317 - For as to the strength of body, the weakest has strength enough to kill the strongest, either by secret machination, or by confederacy with others, that are in the same danger with himself.
Side 322 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Side 114 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations...
Side 114 - ... this being the place where that absolute despotic power which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Side 100 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament...
Side 46 - ... as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady, and not liable to waver with every new judge's opinion ; as also because the law in that case being solemnly declared and determined, what before was uncertain, and perhaps indifferent, is now become a permanent rule, which it is not in the breast of any subsequent judge to alter or vary from, according to his private sentiments...
Side 26 - This law of nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times ; no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this ; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original.