Commentaries on Statute and Constitutional Law and Statutory and Constitutional Construction: Containing an Examination of Adjudged Cases on Constitutional Law Under the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the Respective States Concerning Legislative Power, and Also the Consideration of the Rules of Law in the Construction of Statutes and Constitutional Provisions |
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... votes in the thirty curia; or parishes of the city. From Augustus to Trajan the modest Caesars were content to promulgate their edicts in the various characters of a Roman magistrate, and in the decrees of the senate. Hadrian appears to ...
... votes in the thirty curia; or parishes of the city. From Augustus to Trajan the modest Caesars were content to promulgate their edicts in the various characters of a Roman magistrate, and in the decrees of the senate. Hadrian appears to ...
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... vote by scrutiny by putting a bean into the urn. If the white beans carried it the question passed, otherwise it was rejected. This sort of decree was in the nature of a preparatory resolution, as yet not having the force of a permanent ...
... vote by scrutiny by putting a bean into the urn. If the white beans carried it the question passed, otherwise it was rejected. This sort of decree was in the nature of a preparatory resolution, as yet not having the force of a permanent ...
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... vote in the general court. The assistants composed his council ; and both together were invested with extensive judicial powers. The messenger was the chief executive officer of the general court, and performed duties very similar to ...
... vote in the general court. The assistants composed his council ; and both together were invested with extensive judicial powers. The messenger was the chief executive officer of the general court, and performed duties very similar to ...
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... vote. Thus was established the second house of representatives in any of the American colonies. The colonists were induced to this important step by the fact that their numbers had so increased, their population so spread, that many of ...
... vote. Thus was established the second house of representatives in any of the American colonies. The colonists were induced to this important step by the fact that their numbers had so increased, their population so spread, that many of ...
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... vote in the legislature, nor ought he to interest himself in matters of debate in either house ; but no act of government was valid without his assent. He appointed all military and judicial officers, with consent of the council ; all ...
... vote in the legislature, nor ought he to interest himself in matters of debate in either house ; but no act of government was valid without his assent. He appointed all military and judicial officers, with consent of the council ; all ...
Contents
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CHAPTER VI | 107 |
CHAPTER VII | 236 |
Constitutional restrictions upon Legislative Power under the Con | 310 |
CHAPTER XIII | 739 |
CHAPTER XIV | 751 |
CHAPTER XV | 771 |
CHAPTER XVI | 814 |
CHAPTER XVII | 839 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 854 |
CHAPTER XX | 913 |
CHAPTER XXI | 935 |
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