 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 780 pages
...association of individuals; that it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with'each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good " ; and that in the same preamble the people acknowledge with grateful hearts, that Providence had... | |
 | Massachusetts - Constitutions - 1873 - 1158 pages
...measures necessarj tor then UUc> how safety, prosperity and happiness. . The hody politic is formed hy a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social...compact, by which the whole people covenants with cncln1 oitken,and each cWnvvith the whole people, that all shall be governed bv certain laws for the... | |
 | Law - 1918 - 502 pages
...defining "a body politic," quotes from the Preamble of the Constitution of Massachusetts, "A body, politic is a social compact by which the whole people covenants...be governed by certain laws for the common good." Applying this principle to the foregoing set of facts, it follows that: Just as every citizen has a... | |
 | William Ingersoll Bowditch - Minorities - 1875 - 84 pages
...Constitution of 1 780 was framed for the people of Massachusetts. The preamble describes the body politic as " a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...be governed by certain laws for the common good." And it closes with this paragraph: — " We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, ... do agree upon,... | |
 | William Batchelder Greene - History - 1875 - 284 pages
...without force, fraud, or surprise," made, not with any government or state, but "with each other." citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good ; " each citizen, male or female, feeling that the guaranties contained in the Bill of Rights are guaranties... | |
 | William O. Bateman - Constitutional law - 1876 - 416 pages
...people themselves, that the body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals; that it is a social compact, by which the whole people...all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.4 1 Puff. L. of N., b. 7, c. 2, J 13. 'Rutherf. Inst. b. 1, c. 1, J 11 ; b. 2, c. 2, J 1 ; Grotius,... | |
 | Charles Upham Bell - Law - 1876 - 216 pages
...citizen and each citizen with the whole people. For what purpose is it ? That the people may make sure that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. When these objects are not obtained, what can be done ? The people may alter the government. PART FIRST.... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1920 - 416 pages
...contractual theory of the state. "The body politic", so the constitution of Massachusetts declares, "is formed by a voluntary association of individuals:...be governed by certain laws, for the common good". This is the fundamental in John Adams's political creed.* Rousseau and Adam« were contemporaries for... | |
 | Illinois - 1877 - 182 pages
...might retain. "A body politic,'' as aptly defined in the preamble of the constitution of Massachusetts, '•is a social compact by which the whole people...be governed by certain laws for the common good.'' This does not confer power upon the whole people to control rights which are purely and exclusively... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1877 - 526 pages
...POLITIC ' 18. " ' A body politic,' as aptly defined in the preamble of the constitution of Massachusetts, is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...each citizen with the whole people, that all shall he governed by certain laws for the common good. This does nor confer power upon the whole people to... | |
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is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. 
