A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union: With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law, Volumen1T. and J. W. Johnson, 1843 - 1512 páginas |
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Página 14
... interest of his heir , in conse- p . 215 . quence of anger or hatred against him . Thus a devise made under these circumstances is called a tes- tament ab irato . And the suit which the heirs institute to annul this will is called an ...
... interest of his heir , in conse- p . 215 . quence of anger or hatred against him . Thus a devise made under these circumstances is called a tes- tament ab irato . And the suit which the heirs institute to annul this will is called an ...
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... interest of such hus- band and wife of , in and to the lands , tenements and hereditaments therein mentioned , and be in like manner entitled to be recorded , as if the acknowledgment of the execution of the same deed had been in the ...
... interest of such hus- band and wife of , in and to the lands , tenements and hereditaments therein mentioned , and be in like manner entitled to be recorded , as if the acknowledgment of the execution of the same deed had been in the ...
Página 66
... interest of such of attorney , or any other writing , husband and wife of , in , and to the under seal , to be used or recorded lands , tenements and hereditaments within their respective counties ; and mentioned in the same , as if all ...
... interest of such of attorney , or any other writing , husband and wife of , in , and to the under seal , to be used or recorded lands , tenements and hereditaments within their respective counties ; and mentioned in the same , as if all ...
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... interest of the debt . In this , which is called a special ad- judication , the time allowed the debtor to redeem the lands adjudged , ( called the legal reversion or the legal , ) is declared to be five years . Where the debtor does ...
... interest of the debt . In this , which is called a special ad- judication , the time allowed the debtor to redeem the lands adjudged , ( called the legal reversion or the legal , ) is declared to be five years . Where the debtor does ...
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... interest in the thing actually vested in the agent . 8 Wheat . R. 174 ; Story on Ag . § 486 to 499. — 4thly . The agency is revoked in law , by the extinction of the subject - matter of the agency , or of the principal's power over it ...
... interest in the thing actually vested in the agent . 8 Wheat . R. 174 ; Story on Ag . § 486 to 499. — 4thly . The agency is revoked in law , by the extinction of the subject - matter of the agency , or of the principal's power over it ...
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Página 354 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Página 134 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 153 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Página 153 - Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Página 364 - In all cases in which a State is a party, the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction. The thirteenth section of the judiciary act of 1789, provided that "the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature where a State is a party except between a State and its citizens and except also between a State and citizens of other States or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction...
Página 134 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil, claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of...
Página 135 - State of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States or either of them.
Página 382 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Página 123 - The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. The concurrence of a majority of all the members shall be necessary to an impeachment. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate, and when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall be upon oath or affirmation to do Justice according to law and evidence.
Página 381 - Writs of error, and appeals from the final decisions of said Supreme Court, shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States...