Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volume 2Hilliard, Gray,, 1833 - 736 páginas |
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... Crown . In the succeeding year Cabot sailed on his voyage , and having first discovered the Islands of Newfoundland and St. Johns , he after- BOOK I HISTORY OF THE COLONIES CHAPTER I Origin and Title to the Territory of the Colonies.
... Crown . In the succeeding year Cabot sailed on his voyage , and having first discovered the Islands of Newfoundland and St. Johns , he after- BOOK I HISTORY OF THE COLONIES CHAPTER I Origin and Title to the Territory of the Colonies.
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... crown of Castile the whole of the immense territory then discovered , or to be discovered , between the poles , so far as it was not then possessed by any Christian prince . § 5. The principle , then , that discovery gave title to the ...
... crown of Castile the whole of the immense territory then discovered , or to be discovered , between the poles , so far as it was not then possessed by any Christian prince . § 5. The principle , then , that discovery gave title to the ...
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... crown , and such entire dependence on the part of the emigrants , should have found any favour in the eyes either of the proprietors , or of the people . By placing the whole legislative and executive powers in a council nominated by ...
... crown , and such entire dependence on the part of the emigrants , should have found any favour in the eyes either of the proprietors , or of the people . By placing the whole legislative and executive powers in a council nominated by ...
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... crown , of a surrender of the charters . The demand was resisted by the com- pany ; a quo warranto was instituted against them , and it terminated , as in that age it might well be sup- posed it would , in a judgment , pronounced in ...
... crown , of a surrender of the charters . The demand was resisted by the com- pany ; a quo warranto was instituted against them , and it terminated , as in that age it might well be sup- posed it would , in a judgment , pronounced in ...
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... crown , and immediately subor- dinate to its jurisdiction . During the greater part of his reign , Virginia knew no other law , than the will of the sovereign , or his delegated agents ; and statutes were passed and taxes imposed ...
... crown , and immediately subor- dinate to its jurisdiction . During the greater part of his reign , Virginia knew no other law , than the will of the sovereign , or his delegated agents ; and statutes were passed and taxes imposed ...
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Página xxviii - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Página 359 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Página 147 - A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind.
Página xx - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Página xxiii - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Página 699 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...
Página 533 - ... on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Página xxviii - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página xxvi - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Página xix - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.