Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. February Term, 1816[-January Term, 1827], Volume 5R. Donaldson, 1820 |
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... marked ; showing that , in the opinion of that body , it was not suffi- cient to vest an exclusive jurisdiction , where it was deemed proper , merely by a grant of jurisdiction generally . In particular , this law grants exclusive ...
... marked ; showing that , in the opinion of that body , it was not suffi- cient to vest an exclusive jurisdiction , where it was deemed proper , merely by a grant of jurisdiction generally . In particular , this law grants exclusive ...
Halaman 81
... marked out by the common law , are unknown to the civil or Roman law . But when jurisdiction is given of murder com- mitted on the high seas , & c . to a Court of Admiralty , the law defining the crime is to be derived from the common ...
... marked out by the common law , are unknown to the civil or Roman law . But when jurisdiction is given of murder com- mitted on the high seas , & c . to a Court of Admiralty , the law defining the crime is to be derived from the common ...
Halaman 269
... marked out by lawful marriage ; and , 2. From all heritable . succession , whether by the father or mother ; because ... marked X , also an elm tree marked VS , near the side of the pond . " THIS cause was argued by Mr. B. Hardin , for ...
... marked out by lawful marriage ; and , 2. From all heritable . succession , whether by the father or mother ; because ... marked X , also an elm tree marked VS , near the side of the pond . " THIS cause was argued by Mr. B. Hardin , for ...
Halaman 270
... marked V S , near the side of the pond . " On reading this last entry , the impression would be strong , that the dividing ridge , Spencer's creek , and the large pond , were all to be found on the west side of Hingston's fork of ...
... marked V S , near the side of the pond . " On reading this last entry , the impression would be strong , that the dividing ridge , Spencer's creek , and the large pond , were all to be found on the west side of Hingston's fork of ...
Halaman 271
... marked X , also , an elm tree marked VS , near the side of the pond . " Those who were acquainted with Hingston's fork , and Spencer's creek , would know , and the connected platt before the Court shows , that there is a dividing ridge ...
... marked X , also , an elm tree marked VS , near the side of the pond . " Those who were acquainted with Hingston's fork , and Spencer's creek , would know , and the connected platt before the Court shows , that there is a dividing ridge ...
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Halaman 93 - The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment.
Halaman 416 - Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same, and a day on which the electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the time and place for commencing proceedings under this Constitution...
Halaman 24 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Halaman 74 - That, though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature.
Halaman 94 - The case must be a strong one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest.
Halaman 113 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen...
Halaman 94 - To determine that a case is within the intention of a statute its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous, indeed, to carry the principle that a case which is within the reason or mischief of a statute is within its provisions, so far as to punish a crime not enumerated in the statute because it is of equal atrocity, or of a kindred character with those which are enumerated.
Halaman 224 - ... children and heirs" just referred to. By an act of the congress of Texas, passed January 28, 1840, it was provided as follows: "In making title to land by descent it shall be no bar to a party that any ancestor through whom he derives his descent from the intestate is or hath been an alien...
Halaman 322 - Smith, cashier of the office of discount and deposit of the Bank of the United States at Washington, to be paid in liquidation of a balance due from the said Mechanics...
Halaman 55 - That the militia, when called into the actual service of the United States, shall be subject to the same Rules and Articles of War as the regular troops of the United States.