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 xxi
... persons are such as con- cern , and are annexed to , the persons of men : and , when the person to whom they are due is regarded , they are call- ed ( simply ) rights ; but , when we con- sider the person from whom they are due , they ...
... persons are such as con- cern , and are annexed to , the persons of men : and , when the person to whom they are due is regarded , they are call- ed ( simply ) rights ; but , when we con- sider the person from whom they are due , they ...
Side xxii
... person : the king or queen 2. This royal person may be considered with regard to , I. His title . II . His royal family . III . His councils . IV . His duties . V. His prerogative . VI . His revenue 3. With regard to his title ; the ...
... person : the king or queen 2. This royal person may be considered with regard to , I. His title . II . His royal family . III . His councils . IV . His duties . V. His prerogative . VI . His revenue 3. With regard to his title ; the ...
Side xxv
... person in law ; which uni- ty is the principal foundation of their respective rights , duties , and disabili- ties CHAPTER XVI . 440 442 a tutor or master 5. The duties of legitimate children to parents are obedience , protection , and ...
... person in law ; which uni- ty is the principal foundation of their respective rights , duties , and disabili- ties CHAPTER XVI . 440 442 a tutor or master 5. The duties of legitimate children to parents are obedience , protection , and ...
Side xxx
... person , after the particular estate is spent . II . Contingent - where the estate is limited to take effect , either to an uncertain person , or upon an un- certain event 5. An executory devise is such a dispo- sition of lands , by ...
... person , after the particular estate is spent . II . Contingent - where the estate is limited to take effect , either to an uncertain person , or upon an un- certain event 5. An executory devise is such a dispo- sition of lands , by ...
Side xxxi
... person deceased , shall represent their ancestor ; that is , shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done , had he been living On failure of lineal descendants , or is- sue , of the person last seised , the in ...
... person deceased , shall represent their ancestor ; that is , shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done , had he been living On failure of lineal descendants , or is- sue , of the person last seised , the in ...
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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.