The Jurist, Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence and Legislation, Volume 1Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1827 - Jurisprudence |
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... evil that can happen can be known , that the innovation is justifiable ; it is not too much to say , that where the most fatal consequences may ensue , against which we can receive no reasonable assurance , it should never be attempted ...
... evil that can happen can be known , that the innovation is justifiable ; it is not too much to say , that where the most fatal consequences may ensue , against which we can receive no reasonable assurance , it should never be attempted ...
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... evil by which the enemies of legal amendment - the friends of antiquated abuses , still endeavour to deter us from the task of reformation . In 1820 , the Republican population had more than doubled in less than twenty - five years ...
... evil by which the enemies of legal amendment - the friends of antiquated abuses , still endeavour to deter us from the task of reformation . In 1820 , the Republican population had more than doubled in less than twenty - five years ...
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... evil pointed out by Mr. Cullen in the too prevalent prac- tice of legislating for particular grievances , without reference to ge- neral principles . tion of the legislature or the public to the defective 54 [ March , Consolidation of ...
... evil pointed out by Mr. Cullen in the too prevalent prac- tice of legislating for particular grievances , without reference to ge- neral principles . tion of the legislature or the public to the defective 54 [ March , Consolidation of ...
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... evil . What reasonable hope could any body of men enter- tain of a reform of the law while so many predominant interests and so many long existing prejudices were arrayed against them , when reform and disaffection , amendment and ...
... evil . What reasonable hope could any body of men enter- tain of a reform of the law while so many predominant interests and so many long existing prejudices were arrayed against them , when reform and disaffection , amendment and ...
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... evil is of no new creation , we are willing to conciliate even this interest , by showing that , by a tem- porary continuance of the sacrifice , the public may ultimately , and indeed at no very distant period , be exonerated from its ...
... evil is of no new creation , we are willing to conciliate even this interest , by showing that , by a tem- porary continuance of the sacrifice , the public may ultimately , and indeed at no very distant period , be exonerated from its ...
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Page 109 - I tell you, captain, if you look in the maps of the 'orld, I warrant you shall find, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth, that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river in Macedon ; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth...
Page 184 - ... swear, that you will not divulge the sentence of the court until it shall be...
Page 110 - Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
Page 312 - Statute shall be understood to include several Matters as well as One Matter, and several Persons as well as One Person, and Females as well as Males, and Bodies Corporate as well as Individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction...
Page 316 - An Act to defray the charge of the pay, clothing, and contingent and other expenses of the disembodied militia in Great Britain and Ireland; and to grant allowances in certain cases to subaltern officers, adjutants, paymasters, quartermasters, surgeons, assistant surgeons, surgeons' mates, and serjeant majors of the militia, until the 1st day of July, 1841.
Page 263 - ... every such person so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanour...
Page 282 - A SERIOUS remonstrance in behalf of the Christian religion, against the horrid blasphemies and impieties which are still used in the English play-houses, to the great dishonour of Almighty God, and in contempt of the statutes of this realm.
Page 309 - AN ACT to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the Time limited for those Purposes respectively...
Page 83 - Bengal, from time to time, to make and issue such rules, ordinances, and regulations, for the good order and civil government of the said United Company's Settlement at Fort William aforesaid, and other factories and places subordinate, or to be subordinate thereto, as shall be deemed just and reasonable, (such rules, ordinances, and regulations not being repugnant to the laws of the realm...
Page 388 - And whereas it is the duty of every person using or exercising the art and mystery of an apothecary, to prepare with exactness, and to dispense such medicines as may be directed for the sick by any physician lawfully licensed to practise physic by the president and commonalty of the faculty of physic in London, or by either of the two universities of Oxford or Cambridge...