Albany Law Journal, Volume 1Weed, Parsons & Company, 1870 - Law |
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... whole compass of its varied and comprehensive power ; he finds himself a mere bungler in the attempt , wonders at his failure , and settles it in his mind for- ever that the attempt is vain — that it can be done only by genius . Nothing ...
... whole compass of its varied and comprehensive power ; he finds himself a mere bungler in the attempt , wonders at his failure , and settles it in his mind for- ever that the attempt is vain — that it can be done only by genius . Nothing ...
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... whole ground to go over for themselves . This may account for the occa- sional errors that occur in the book . These errors , if we may judge from the examination that we have been able to make , are neither numerous , nor likely ...
... whole ground to go over for themselves . This may account for the occa- sional errors that occur in the book . These errors , if we may judge from the examination that we have been able to make , are neither numerous , nor likely ...
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... whole truth and be fully pre- pared on every point of the business ; and that after the client had retired he used to balance all the facts with himself under three different characters : his own , that of the adversary and that of the ...
... whole truth and be fully pre- pared on every point of the business ; and that after the client had retired he used to balance all the facts with himself under three different characters : his own , that of the adversary and that of the ...
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... whole ser- mon in that saying of Hobbes , of Malmesbury , " If I had read as many books as other persons , I should probably know as little . " The wisest and the best informed teach us , both by counsel and example , to read a little ...
... whole ser- mon in that saying of Hobbes , of Malmesbury , " If I had read as many books as other persons , I should probably know as little . " The wisest and the best informed teach us , both by counsel and example , to read a little ...
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... whole country . If a convention could be held similar in some respects to the German one , we believe that its suggestions in this direction would not only be lis- tened to by our lawyers , but would be acted upon . Such a convention ...
... whole country . If a convention could be held similar in some respects to the German one , we believe that its suggestions in this direction would not only be lis- tened to by our lawyers , but would be acted upon . Such a convention ...
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Page 50 - I said, there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.
Page 326 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 346 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Page 133 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence, and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States...
Page 73 - In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 53 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
Page 21 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 120 - The rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed.
Page 327 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 324 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.