 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1820 - 490 pages
...the jury may determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. 17. That no ex-post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts,...or retrospective in its operation, can be passed; nor can the person of a debtor be imprisoned for debt after he shall have surv -nit-rod his property... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 526 pages
...constitution. By the nineteenth section of the declaration of rights,^ it is c COD. Ala. declared, that "no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall he made." The tenth section of the first article of the constitution of the United States, restrains... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1832 - 558 pages
...repugnancy to the nineteenth section of the bill of rights, contained in the constitution, which says no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be made. From this clause in the constitution, we cannot suppose that the framers of it intended... | |
 | Missouri - 1837 - 394 pages
...jury may determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court : 17. That no expostfacte law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts,...or retrospective in its operation, can be passed, nor can the person of a debtor be imprisoned for debt after he shall have surrendered his property... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). - 1838 - 284 pages
...the jury may determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court: 17. That no ex-post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts,...or retrospective in its operation, can be passed, nor can the person of a debtor be imprisoned for a debt after he shall have surrendered his property... | |
 | Constitutions - 1843 - 434 pages
...evidence, and the jury may determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. 1 7. That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its operations, can be passed ; nor can the person of a debtor be imprisoned for debt after he shall have... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). - 1843 - 542 pages
...jury may determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court: 17. That no ex post farto law. nor law impairing the obligation of contracts,...or retrospective in its operation, can be passed, nor can the person of a debtor be imprisoned for debt after he shall have surrendered his property... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...evidence, and the jury may determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court. • SEC. XVII. That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation...contracts, or retrospective in its operation, can be passed ; nor can the person of a debtor be imprisoned for debt after he shall have surrendered his property... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. " No ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be made. " No person shall be attainted of treason or felony by the general assembly. No attainder... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...delivering up his estate for the berpfit of his creditors, in such manner »s shall be prescribed by law 19. No ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be made. « 20. No person shall be attainted of treason or felony by the General Assembly. No... | |
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That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its operation, or making any irrevocable grant of special privileges, franchises or immunities, shall be passed by the general assembly. 
