The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Professor of Law in the College of Philadelphia, Том 2At the Lorenzo Press, printed for Bronson and Chauncey, 1804 |
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... opinion , that , if the first princi- ples of language had not been natural to us , human reason and ingenuity could never have invented and executed its numerous artificial improvements . But of every lan- guage , at least of every ...
... opinion , that , if the first princi- ples of language had not been natural to us , human reason and ingenuity could never have invented and executed its numerous artificial improvements . But of every lan- guage , at least of every ...
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... opinion and conduct . The reasons for suspecting or rejecting testimony may generally be comprised under the following heads . 1. When the witness testifies to something , which ap . pears to us to be improbable or incredible . 2. When ...
... opinion and conduct . The reasons for suspecting or rejecting testimony may generally be comprised under the following heads . 1. When the witness testifies to something , which ap . pears to us to be improbable or incredible . 2. When ...
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... opinion . " Cuilibet in sua arte perito est credendum " is one of the maxims of the common law . Like many other of its maxims , it is founded in sound sense , and in hu- man nature . Under the former head we have seen , that the infant ...
... opinion . " Cuilibet in sua arte perito est credendum " is one of the maxims of the common law . Like many other of its maxims , it is founded in sound sense , and in hu- man nature . Under the former head we have seen , that the infant ...
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... opinion generally received in all countries and all ages , acquires such an accumulation of authority in its favour , as to entitle it to the character of a first principle of human knowledge . IX . The ninth kind , into which we have ...
... opinion generally received in all countries and all ages , acquires such an accumulation of authority in its favour , as to entitle it to the character of a first principle of human knowledge . IX . The ninth kind , into which we have ...
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... opinion is founded on a doctrine which I considered and , I believe , refuted very fully in a former lecture : the doctrine is this - that the legis- lative power is the supreme power of the state . The supreme power I showed to reside ...
... opinion is founded on a doctrine which I considered and , I believe , refuted very fully in a former lecture : the doctrine is this - that the legis- lative power is the supreme power of the state . The supreme power I showed to reside ...
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Страница 301 - Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice ; and an overspeaking judge is no well-tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar; or to show quickness of conceit in cutting off evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information by questions, though pertinent.
Страница 51 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Страница 468 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; "Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Страница 235 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Страница 434 - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body, as well as in the individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
Страница 93 - It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses.
Страница 469 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not; It ought not to be sported with.
Страница 265 - Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Страница 133 - Commonwealth, for the space of one year next preceding, having a freehold estate within the same town, of the annual income of three pounds, or any estate of the value of sixty pounds, shall have a right to vote in the choice of a representative or representatives for the said town.