...law," has been much commended. The law of the land or due process of law, he says: "Is the 'general law which hears before it condemns, which proceeds...his life, liberty, property and immunities, under general rules which govern society:" 4 Wheaton, 519. Mr. Justice Edwards, (12 New York Reports, 209,)...

...substantially equivalent to "due process of law "—as follows : " By the law of the land is meant the general law, which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only upon trial." But as said by Mr. Justice Miller in Davidson v. New Orleans, 96 U. 8. 104, it is probably...

...no definition is more often quoted than that given by Mr. Webster in the Dartmouth College Case : " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...protection of the * general rules which govern society. [* 354] Every thing which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered...

...matter of doubt. Mr. Webster, in the Dartmouth College case, denned these terms as follows : — " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law, which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial....

...applicable to a great variety of cases in which trial by jury ig not permissible or not applicable. " The meaning is that every citizen shall hold his life,...liberty, property and immunities under the protection of feneral rules which govern society." Webster in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 "Wheat. 19. Due process...

...definition 'of his own in the concise and comprehensive language of which he was so eminently the master : " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...protection of the general rules which govern society." 2 " As to the words from Magna Oharta," says another eminent jurist, " after volumes spoken and written...

...the land is in our State, we quote the beautiful languge of Webster, used in defining this term: " A law which hears before it condemns — which proceeds...liberty, property and immunities under the protection of general rules which govern society. Every thing which may pass under the form of an enactment is not,...

...no definition is more often quoted than that given by Mr. Webster in the Dartmouth College Case : " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the...condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders each of the remaining constitutions, equivalent protection to that which these provisions give, is...

...Section 1 of article 14 of the constitution nf !'ir I'nitod <in,., ni-nvijoa that nn St«tA ftliall is most clearly intended the general law,— a law...upon Inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial." Taking this definition as a basis, we are forced to the conclusion that the sections In controversy...

...bills of attainder, because they do not constitute due process of law; "the general law of the land; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds...upon inquiry and renders judgment only after trial," as stated by Daniel Webster in the Dartmouth College Case. It was attempted indeed in the Cummings...