 | George Bowyer - 1851 - 218 páginas
...proceed to consider the principles on which written laws are interpreted. We have seen that Municipal Law is a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power of the state. And this rule we are bound, by a general principle of Natural Law confirmed by Divine... | |
 | GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 páginas
...proceed to give separate definitions of the word law, as it is variously applied. — Municipal or civil law, is a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power of a state, commanding what its subjects are to do, and prohibiting what they are to forbear. — The... | |
 | William Blackstone, Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot - 1853 - 392 páginas
...commonly applied to any one state or nation, which is governed by its own laws and customs. MUNICIPAL LAW, is a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong. First, — It is a rule; Not applicable... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1854 - 674 páginas
...Various definitions have been given of municipal or civil law. According to Mr. Justice Blackstone, it is "a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by the supreme...commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong." This definition has been justly criticised ; the latter part has been considered superabundant, and... | |
 | James Kent - 1854 - 714 páginas
...THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF THE MUNICIPAL LAW OF THE SEVERAL STATES. LECTUEE XX. OF 8TATUTE LAW. MUNICIPAL LAW is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by the supreme power of a state. Municipal law, or the jus civile, is thus explained in the Institutes of Justinian. Quod... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1856 - 138 páginas
...choice, or the judgment of his conscience.1 § 15. Municipal law, according to Blackstone's definition, is " a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a State, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong." The latter clause of this definition... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1857 - 630 páginas
...it, they have not succeeded in bringing jnto existence " an act." Law is a rule of action: municipal law is a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in the state. (1 Bl. Com. 44.) The laws consist of the unwritten laws, common laws, and of the written, or statute... | |
 | Amasa Junius Parker - 1858 - 734 páginas
...it, they have not succeeded in bringing into existence " an act." Law is a rule of action ; municipal law is a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in the state. (1 Bl. Com., 44.) The laws consist of the unwritten laws (common law) and of the written or statute... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 732 páginas
...THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF THE MUNICIPAL LAW OF THE SEVERAL STATES. LECTURE XX. OF STATUTE LAW. MUNICIPAL LAW is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by the supreme power of a state. Municipal law, or the jus civile, is thus explained in the Institutes of Justinian. Quod... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1859 - 1136 páginas
...wrong, is no law, has no binding force. Civil law has been well defined by Blackstone, to be " the rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power...commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong." A statute which commands what is wrong, and prohibits what is right, no matter from what authority... | |
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Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong. 
