 | Hawaii. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 496 pages
...parliament, may make new laws but until he does the old laws remain in force. Says Blackstone (1 Com. 107): "In conquered or ceded countries, that have already...ancient laws of the country remain, unless such as are against the law of God." No distinction was made between conquered and ceded countries as to whether... | |
 | Edward Elihu Whitfield - Commerce - 1900 - 326 pages
...immediately there in force. But this must be understood with very many and very great restrictions. ... In conquered or ceded countries, that have already laws of their own, the king may alter the laws ; but till he does actually change them, the antient laws of the country remain."4 The... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - Presidents - 1901 - 556 pages
...newmodelled and reformed by the general superintending power of the legislature in the mother country. But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already...king may indeed alter and change those laws; but, until he does actually change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, unless such as are against... | |
 | St. George Leakin Sioussat - Law - 1903 - 124 pages
...modeled and reformed t>y the general superintending power of the legislature in the mother country. But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already...of their own, the King may indeed alter and change these laws, but, till he does actually change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, unless... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - History - 1903 - 602 pages
...modeled and reformed fcy the general superintending power of the legislature in the mother country. But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already...of their own, the King may indeed alter and change these laws, but, till he does actually change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, unless... | |
 | Association of American Law Schools - Common law - 1907 - 890 pages
...modeled and reformed by the general superintending power of the legislature in the mother country. But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already...of their own, the King may indeed alter and change these laws, but, till he does actually change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, unless... | |
 | Canada - 1908 - 512 pages
...Recueil général des anciennes lois françaises, XXII., No. 640 (p. 220). to the laws of England. " But in conquered or ceded countries that have already...the ancient laws of the country remain, unless such are against the laws of God, as in the case of an infidel country. Our American plantations are principally... | |
 | Clarence Edwin Carter - British - 1910 - 244 pages
...taken by jurists during these two centuries. In his Commentaries published in 1765 he declared that " In conquered or ceded countries, that have already...the king may indeed alter and change those laws, but until he actually does change them, the ancient laws of the country remain."23 This opinion is supported... | |
 | Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - Canada - 1912 - 936 pages
...characteristic manner: In coniuered or ceded countries, again that have already laws of their own, the Sovereign may indeed alter and change those laws, but, till...change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, un less such are against the law of God. Thug, the laws of Spain, Holland and France are still wholly... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1915 - 1632 pages
...new-modeled and reformed by the general superintending power of the legislature in the mother country. But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already...ancient laws of the country remain, unless such as are against the law of God, as in the case of an infidel country." Our American plantations are principally... | |
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But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already laws of their own, the king may indeed alter and change those laws; but, till he does actually change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, unless such as are against the law of God, as in... 
