The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801: 1787-1790

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Clarence M. Busch, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1908 - Law

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Page 286 - Philadelphia, be, and shall be, for ever hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 62 - ... further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to extend to...
Page 364 - Scotland respectively, or in the name of any person or persons whatsoever ; wherein no essoign, protection, privilege, wager of law, nor more than one imparlance shall be allowed...
Page 165 - That the said corporation and their successors, by the name, style and title aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued...
Page 318 - The Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States...
Page 141 - Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine states shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled...
Page 513 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty...
Page 71 - ... and by that name shall have succession, and they and their successors shall and may forever thereafter by the same name be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 503 - And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation and their successors, shall have full power and authority to make, have and use, one common seal, with such device and inscription as they shall think fit and proper ; and the same to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure.
Page 419 - States, until they shall be discharged by the course of the laws thereof, under the like penalties as in the case of prisoners committed under the authority of such states, respectively...

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