 | Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 518 páginas
...; for if ignorance, of what he might know, were admitted as a legitimate excufe, the laws would be of no effect, but might always be eluded with impunity....farther : municipal law is " a rule of civil conduct *' prefcribed by the fitprtme poiuer in ajtate." For legiflature, as was before obferved, is the greateft... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 516 páginas
...; for if ignorance, of what he might know, were admitted as a legitimate excufe, the laws would be of no effect, but might always be eluded with impunity. BUT farther: municipal law is "a rule of civil conduit " prefcribed by thefupretnc power in ajlate." For legiflature, as was before obfcrved, is the... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1793 - 686 páginas
...; for if ignorance, of what he might know, were admitted as a legitimate cxcufe, the laws would be of no effect, but might always be eluded with impunity....farther: municipal law is " a rule of civil conduct " prcfcribed by tbefupreme power in ajlate." For legifl.Uure, as was before obferved, is the greatelt... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 páginas
...a legitimate excuse, the laws would be of no effect, but might always be eluded with impunity. HOT farther: municipal law is-" a rule of civil conduct " prescribed by the sufsreme fiower in a state." For legislature, as was before observed, is the greatest act of superiority... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - 1809 - 414 páginas
...were to give an account of the laws of any particular country, we might begin with this definition.— Law is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.* But, taking the word law in a more general... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - 1809 - 408 páginas
...to give an account of the laws of any particular country, we might begin with this definition. — Law is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.* But, taking the word law in a more general'... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 páginas
...ingredients, diiobedience and punUhment. Municipal law, it by Uie tame great comraentator defined to be " a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state ; commanding what is right, and prohibiting what a wrong." The latter clause of this sentence seems... | |
 | Sarah Renou - 1817 - 250 páginas
...• Ferguson. requisite on account of its rectitude and the high authority from which it is adduced. Municipal law is ' a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. It regards man as a citizen, and bound to other duties towards his neighbour, than those of mere nature... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 408 páginas
...ingredients, disobedience and punishment. Municipal law is, by the same great commentator, 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." The latter clause of this sentence seems... | |
 | Octavius Pickering, William Howard Gardiner - 1821 - 240 páginas
...or mipelial rescript. What, sir, do we understand as being the import of the term law, but that И is " a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a stale, establishing and ascertaining what is right and what is wrong"? It is a rule, not the mere private... | |
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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. 
