The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 16George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... court of Paris , and in 1852 of the court of cassation . In 1852 he was made a senator , and in 1854 president of the senate . His prin- cipal work , Le Code civil expliqué ( 28 vols . , 1833 - '58 ) , is a collection of treatises in ...
... court of Paris , and in 1852 of the court of cassation . In 1852 he was made a senator , and in 1854 president of the senate . His prin- cipal work , Le Code civil expliqué ( 28 vols . , 1833 - '58 ) , is a collection of treatises in ...
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... court , assistant judge of the superior court , and from 1766 to 1769 was chief judge of the superior court . In 1767 and 1768 he was elected deputy gov- ernor , and in 1769 governor of the colony , which office he held till 1783 , when ...
... court , assistant judge of the superior court , and from 1766 to 1769 was chief judge of the superior court . In 1767 and 1768 he was elected deputy gov- ernor , and in 1769 governor of the colony , which office he held till 1783 , when ...
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... court of equity . And if we re- member that the chancellor was in early times usually a priest , and that the statutes of mort- main , which trusts were invented to evade , restricted or prohibited the granting of prop- erty to ...
... court of equity . And if we re- member that the chancellor was in early times usually a priest , and that the statutes of mort- main , which trusts were invented to evade , restricted or prohibited the granting of prop- erty to ...
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... court ( usually the court of equity ) to remove a trustee and supply his place , or fill the place of a trustee when vacant by his death or refusal . It is very common for a will or deed creating a trust to prescribe in what way and by ...
... court ( usually the court of equity ) to remove a trustee and supply his place , or fill the place of a trustee when vacant by his death or refusal . It is very common for a will or deed creating a trust to prescribe in what way and by ...
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... courts , is known by the name of the cy - pres doctrine . This phrase means literally near to it ; " and this doctrine ... court of equity , from its desire to sustain the trust , will direct an exercise of it as near as possible to the ...
... courts , is known by the name of the cy - pres doctrine . This phrase means literally near to it ; " and this doctrine ... court of equity , from its desire to sustain the trust , will direct an exercise of it as near as possible to the ...
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Popular passages
Page 178 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens...
Page 179 - Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired. Justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities...
Page 167 - ... is essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions; and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States and the Union of the States must and shall be preserved.
Page 151 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 168 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Page 163 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 168 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Page 178 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 167 - That the new dogma, that the constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent ; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country.
Page 439 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.