 | Methodist Church - 1879 - 822 pages
...be confounded. 2. Kc post facto laws are vicious, and in all free governments are unconstitutional. An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. Such laws are forbidden by the Constitution of the United States. If law may be applied... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1832 - 590 pages
...Afterwards, in Fletcher \. Peck,1' it was observed, that an ex post facto law was one which rendered an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. This definition is distinguished for its comprehensive brevity and precision, and... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1833 - 260 pages
...individual, or may confiscate his property, or both." 774. Ex post facto Laws, are those which render an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed ; and this definition embraces both Laws inflicting personal or pecuniary penalties, for acts before... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...Ogden v. Saunders, 12 Wheat. R. 266, 303, 329, 330, 335 ; 1 Kent. Comm. Lect 19, p. 381, 382. ders an act punishable in a manner, in which it was not punishable, when it was committed." 1 Such a law may inflict penalties on the person, or may inflict pecuniary penalties,... | |
 | James Asheton Bayard - 1834 - 198 pages
...different testimony, than the law required at the time of the commission of the offence ; in short, any law which renders an act punishable, in a manner in which it was not punishable, when it was committed.* All such laws are inconsistent with liberty, and the spirit of our institutions,... | |
 | Maine. Legislature - 1844 - 1148 pages
...government. -• No State can pass any ex post facto law or law impairing the obligation of any contract." <: An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable...in a manner in which, it was not punishable, when it was committed." To separate a busband from his wife without his consent, is a severe punishment.... | |
 | Francis Fellowes - Constitutional law - 1835 - 214 pages
...inserted an unqualified prohibition of them in the constitution. What is an ex post facto law 1 Ans. It is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. Remark. The Latin words ex post facto, signify, by something done afterwards. The... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Civics - 1835 - 316 pages
...law is a law that declares an act to be criminal which was not so before the law was passed ; or that renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. " No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Political Science - 1836 - 334 pages
...law is a law that declares an act to be criminal which was not so before the law was passed ; or that .renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. 411. No capitation or other direct tax may be laid, unless in proportion to the census... | |
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An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. 
