...which have been multiplying from the earliest periods of the English history down to the present time. The reports of judicial decisions contain the most...authoritative and precise application of the rules of common law. Adjudged cases become precedents for future cases resting upon analogous facts, and brought...

...Yet, this indigestible and heterogeneous heap of legal authorities is held up to us, as containing " the most certain evidence, and the most authoritative...precise application of the rules of the Common Law." Is it to be wondered at, that the Common Law should have been made a by-word among men who have boldness...

...cases. • In 1340 the legislature of Connecticut declared, that the reports of the judicial ports of judicial decisions contain the most certain evidence,...same reason ; and the diligence of counsel, and the labour of judges, are constantly required, in the study of the reports, in order to understand accurately...

...and countries should be judicially noticed as evidence of the common law in such state or country. The reports of judicial decisions contain the most...understand accurately their import, and the principles they establish. But to attain a competent knowledge of the common law in all its branches, has now become...

...principles applicable to analogous coses. periods of the English history down to the present time, (a) The reports of judicial decisions contain the most...understand accurately their import, and the principles they establish. But to attain a competent knowledge of the common law in all its branches, has now become...

...have been multiplying from the earliest periods of the English history down to the present time. (c) The reports of judicial decisions contain the most...understand accurately their import, and the principles they establish. is quite a practicable and salutary reform, and is to be wholly distinguished from the visionary...

...constitute a part of the common law of this country. 3. What is the force of adjudged cases f— 473-475. The reports of judicial decisions contain the most...precise application of the rules of the common law. A solemn decision upon a point of law, arising in any given case, becomes an authority in a like case,...

...have been multiplying from the earliest periods of the English history down to the present time. (c) The reports of judicial decisions contain the most...the rules of the common law. Adjudged cases become prece dents for future cases resting upon analogous facts, and brought within the same reason ; and...

...once established by legal decisions, it controls all cases which come within the reason of the rule. "Adjudged cases become precedents for future cases resting upon analogous facts and brought with the same reason." 1 Kent's Com. 537. " Ubi eadem ratio ibl idem jus" is a familiar legal maxim,...

...English history down to the present time. (c) The reports of judicial decisions contain the most cer tain evidence, and the most authoritative and precise application...understand accurately their import, and the principles they establish. But to attain a competent knowledge remodel the long-established institutions and usages...