The Green Bag, Volume 12Boston Book Company, 1900 - Law Includes index. 1 v. |
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Page 125 - That the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 92 - And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was therein, and all the trees which were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of
Page 479 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are ; for blood, it defileth the land ; and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 269 - For though from out our bourne of time and place, the flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar.
Page 175 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown — it may be frail, its roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter, but the King of England may not enter ; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.
Page 476 - Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan, then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer may flee thither
Page 29 - that this assent and ratification is to be given by the people not as individuals composing one entire nation, but as composing the distinct and independent States to which they respectively belong. The act, therefore, establishing the Constitution, will not be a national but
Page 608 - Proclaim a fast and place Naboth in the assembly of the people and let him be confronted with two worthless fellows that they may testify against him, saying, ' Thou didst blaspheme God and the King,' and then let him be taken out to the place of execution and be stoned to death.