 The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.  Iowa Engineer - Page 421905Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Haven - Ethics - 1859 - 396 pages
...Massachusetts : " The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals. It is a Social Compact, by which the whole people covenants with...be governed by certain laws for the common good." The constitution of Connecticut recognizes the same principle: "All men, when they form a social compact,... | |
 | JEREMIAH SPOFFORD, M.D. - 1860 - 390 pages
...and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals ; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government< to provide for an... | |
 | Massachusetts - Law - 1860 - 1158 pages
...The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals : Body politic, it is a social from the place where the road crosses bv certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 734 pages
...by his relations to others, he might retain, and, in effect, covenants with every other citizen, and with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good, among which is that each citizen will so conduct himself and so use his own property as not unnecessarily... | |
 | Massachusetts - Session laws - 1862 - 448 pages
...association of Body pouuo, how individuals : it is a social compact, by which the whole poo- luTa'tin'. pie covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
 | Massachusetts - Law - 1862 - 450 pages
...association of Body politic, how individuals : it is a social compact, by which the whole peo- uTilture. pie covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
 | William B. Wedgwood - Law - 1866 - 492 pages
...a voluntary association of individuals. It is a social compact, by which the whole people covenant with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in forming a constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...happiness. — The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals ; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a Constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals ; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a Constitution of government, to provide for an... | |
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