 a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. This does nor confer power upon the whole people to control  Congressional Serial Set - Side 2191877Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | United States. Congress. House - 1877 - 526 sider
...IS. " 'A body politic,,' ан aptly defined in the preamble of the constitution of Massachusetts, is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...each citizen with the whole people, that all shall he governed by certain laws for the common good. This does nor confer power upon the whole people to... | |
 | 1877 - 558 sider
...preamble of the Constitution of Massachusetts, "b « «ocial compact by which the whole people coveuiDU with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole...people, that all shall be governed by certain laws f>r the common good." This does not confer power opon the whole people to control rights which are... | |
 | Massachusetts gen. court - 1881 - 462 sider
...prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provido for an... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court - 1881 - 460 sider
...prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to próvido for an... | |
 | 1904 - 764 sider
...decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. A "social compact," says the court, is a contract "by which the whole people covenants with each citizen,...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good" (94 US, 124). Again the court says, the people of the Colonies "retained for the purposes of government... | |
 | Charles Reemelin - 1881 - 670 sider
...association of individuals ; it is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with eacli citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. ... It is the duty of the people, in framing a Constitution of government, to provide for an equitable... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court - 1882 - 466 sider
...prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of Individuals; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to próvido for an... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1883 - 76 sider
...happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association Body poittio. of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
 | Daniel Dorchester - 1884 - 742 sider
...amended by their direct votes. In the language of the Preamble of the Constitution of Massachusetts, "The whole people covenants with each citizen, and...be governed by certain laws for the common good." "\Vh:it more fitting than that the people should covenant with each other for their protection from... | |
 | Jesse Macy - 1886 - 266 sider
...doctrine that all government of right belongs to the people ; some of them state that government is a social compact "by which the whole people covenants...citizen, and each citizen with the whole people." In these documents may be found a statement of all the rights ever CONSTITUTIONS. "V' claimed by Englishmen.... | |
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