| Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 Seiten
...declared (Art. iii.), that the inhabitants of Maryland are entitled to the common law of England, and to the benefit of such of the English statutes as existed at the time of the first emigration, and which, by experience, have been found applicable to their social and other... | |
| District of Columbia - 1857 - 788 Seiten
...their duty " to revise and simplify," consisted, in the language of the Maryland declaration of rights, of such of the English statutes as existed at the time of the first emigration to Maryland, and "which by experience have been found applicable to local and... | |
| James Kent - 1858 - 732 Seiten
...congress of 1774 claimed to be entitled to the benefit, not only of the common law of England, but of such of the English statutes as existed at the time of thcir colonization, and which they had by experience respectively found to be applicable to their several... | |
| Charles Robinson - 1862 - 440 Seiten
...Colonies, asserted that the respective Colonies are entitled to the common law of England ; and that they are entitled to the benefit of such of the English...and which they have by experience respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances. It would be singular enough, if in... | |
| Jonathan Elliot - 1863 - 548 Seiten
...peers of the vicinage according to the course of that law." They further resolved, " that they were entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes...existed at the time of their colonization, and which thev have, by experience, respectivelv found to be applicable to their several and local circumstances."... | |
| Michael Thompson - 1863 - 472 Seiten
...house officers. March 2, 1739, sec. 88, 1 Stat., G95. BRITISH STATUTES. The inhabitants of Maryland entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes as existed at the time of their emigration, and which, by experience, have been found applicable to their local and other circumstances,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - 696 Seiten
...first continental congress, in 1774, declared, among other things, ' that the respective colonies were entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes...at the time of their colonization, and which they had by experience, found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances.' 1 Journal... | |
| John Fulton - 1864 - 582 Seiten
...vicinage, according to the course of that law ; " " that they were entitled to the benefit of such statutes as existed at the time of their colonization,...which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several and local circumstances ; " and that their ancestors, at the time... | |
| John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 1865 - 580 Seiten
...privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law. 6. That they are entitled to the benefit of such of the English...which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances. 7. That these, his Majesty's Colonies,... | |
| Joseph Story - 1865 - 384 Seiten
...vicinage, according to the covrse of that law. llesolved, 6. That they are entitled to the benefit ot such of the English Statutes, as existed at the time...which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances. Resolved, NCD 7. That these, his Majesty's... | |
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