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... original bankrupt act . On ref- erence to that it will be found that it was a part of the second sec- tion of that act — the one which conferred upon and defined the juris- diction of the circuit courts in bankruptcy cases . The part of ...
... original bankrupt act . On ref- erence to that it will be found that it was a part of the second sec- tion of that act — the one which conferred upon and defined the juris- diction of the circuit courts in bankruptcy cases . The part of ...
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... original statute , and with the policy of it as declared by this court in Glover v . Bailey , 21 Wall . 342 , and repeated in numerous cases since . " It is obviously one of the purposes of the bankrupt law , " says the court , that ...
... original statute , and with the policy of it as declared by this court in Glover v . Bailey , 21 Wall . 342 , and repeated in numerous cases since . " It is obviously one of the purposes of the bankrupt law , " says the court , that ...
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... original packing , by comparing a new weight with the original marked weight , or , if the marked weight be altered , with the weight entered into the warehouse book . The things required to be done in respect to the hogshead of tobacco ...
... original packing , by comparing a new weight with the original marked weight , or , if the marked weight be altered , with the weight entered into the warehouse book . The things required to be done in respect to the hogshead of tobacco ...
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... original states , known to the framers of the constitution who came from the various states , and called " inspection laws " in those states , it follows that the constitution , in speaking of " inspection laws , " included such laws ...
... original states , known to the framers of the constitution who came from the various states , and called " inspection laws " in those states , it follows that the constitution , in speaking of " inspection laws , " included such laws ...
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... original purchase money has been paid , and that the rents , issues , and profits of the premises , since the county has been in possession of them , exceed the amount of the first installment which was paid , and sets up the same ...
... original purchase money has been paid , and that the rents , issues , and profits of the premises , since the county has been in possession of them , exceed the amount of the first installment which was paid , and sets up the same ...
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Page 682 - Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Page 172 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 590 - 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. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law of the land.
Page 657 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.
Page 570 - ... to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted...
Page 534 - Prohibited (Sec. 5204). —No association, or any member thereof, shall, during the time it shall continue its banking operations, withdraw, or permit to be withdrawn, either in the form of dividends or otherwise, any portion of its capital.
Page 412 - No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
Page 708 - ... per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of January and July of each year, at the...
Page 386 - Before this time a petition for the removal of the cause to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nevada had been filed by Herman Shainwald and Ralph L.
Page 707 - If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of...