The Evolution of Governments and Laws: Exhibiting the Governmental Structures of Ancient and Modern States, Their Growth and Decay and the Leading Principles of Their Laws, Volum 1

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Princeton University Press, 1916 - 1221 pàgines

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Pàgina 143 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free...
Pàgina 818 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Pàgina 368 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Pàgina 722 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Pàgina 835 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Pàgina 830 - The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association or corporation.
Pàgina 368 - But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased : and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Pàgina 145 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his money.
Pàgina 836 - The exercise of the right of eminent domain shall never be abridged, or so construed as to prevent the General Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals; and the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
Pàgina 739 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.

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