The Expansion of the Common Law

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Stevens and Sons, 1904 - Law - 164 pages

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Page 77 - Exchequer, that the King in his own person cannot adjudge any case, either criminal, as treason, felony, etc., or betwixt party and party, concerning his inheritance, chattels, or goods, etc., but this ought to be determined and adjudged in some court of justice according to the law and custom of England...
Page 7 - This is the best collection of conveyancing statutes with which we are acquainted. . . . The excellence of the commentaries which form part of this book is so well known that it needs no recommendation from us.
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Page 27 - We think that this book will be of very great assistance to any persons who may fill the positions of high sheriff and under-sheriff from this time forth. The whole of the legal profession will derive great advantage from having this volume to consult.
Page 80 - State should reconsider their ordinances of secession, and again recognize the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land.
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