 | 1895 - 1140 halaman
...definition Is more often quoted than that of Mr. Webster In the Dartmouth College Case, 4 Wheat. 519: "By the law of the land Is most clearly intended the general law. which hears before It condemns. It proceeds upon inquiry, and renders Judgment ouly after trial. The... | |
 | 1884 - 1002 halaman
...adjudication. If we take Mr. Webster's definition, which is terse, and as accurate as any, viz. : " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law, which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.... | |
 | 1885 - 956 halaman
...belong to be heard. It was said by WEBSTER, in the celebrated Dartmouth College Case, 4 Wheat. 519, that "by the 'law of the land' is most clearly intended...upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial;" and likewise Judge COOLEY, (Const. Lira. 41)1 :) "Every one has a right to demand that he be governed... | |
 | 1885 - 1000 halaman
...by \Vebster, in the celebrated Dartmouth College case, 4 Wheat., 519, that " by the law of the laud is most clearly intended the general law, a law which...upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial." And. likewise, judge Cooley, Const. Lim., 491: "Every one has a right to demand that he be governed... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - 1885 - 698 halaman
...quoted, or, perhaps adopted by the courts than any other, is that given by Mr. Webster, 6 who said : " By the law of the land, is most clearly intended the general law, which hears before it condemns, and proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1885 - 636 halaman
...Mr. Webster hus defined the phrase : " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment »nly after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, and property, under... | |
 | 1887 - 956 halaman
...Titius only, and has no relation to the community in general. It is rather a sentence than a law.' By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...the general rules which govern society. Everything, therefore, which may pass under the form of an enactment, is not, therefore, to be considered the law... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1886 - 968 halaman
...1943. Mr. Webster's oft-cited definition of the maxim, " by the law of the land," is as follows: " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...meaning is that every citizen shall hold his life, his liberty, property and immunities under the protection of the general In re Lowrie. rules which... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1886 - 986 halaman
...law of the land," said Mr. Webster in * the Dartmouth College case, whose definition is often emoted, ''is most clearly intended the general law; a law...trial. The meaning is that every citizen shall hold his lite, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.... | |
 | 1886 - 844 halaman
...619; SC, Works of Webster, vol. 5, p. 487, is perhaps moro often quoted than any other. "By the lawof the land is most clearly intended the general law;...only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen •hall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules... | |
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By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. 
