 | John Henry Livingston - 1816 - 192 Seiten
...slumbering cen. tinels. •. 1 SECTION IV. LAW. is a rule of action. The term is applied generally to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus it is said, there are laws of motion, of gravitation, of attraction, of electricity, of mechanics,... | |
 | Sarah Renou - 1817 - 250 Seiten
...signification is affixed to the term law. ' Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense,' said Charles, { signifies a rule of action,, and is applied indiscriminately...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. It is that rule of action which is prescribed by some superior, and which the inferior is bound to... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 Seiten
...Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, is defined by Blackstone, in the Commentaries, ' a rule of action,' and is applied indiscriminately...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational And it is that rule of action which is prescribed by some superior, and which the inferior i"s bound... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1827 - 916 Seiten
...superintending power of a court." CAMy. INTRODUCTION. SECTION II. . Г OF THE NATURE OF LAWS IN GENERAL. LAW, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of ac- ' tion ; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chipman - 1833 - 404 Seiten
...nature, of the law of nations, and the municipal law. i Judge Blackstone tells us, that " law in its most comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action, and is applied indiscriminately to all action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say, the laws of motion, of gravitation,... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 Seiten
...Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, is thus defined by Blackitone, in the Commentaries : ; = < >8 Z 3e And it is that rule of action which is prescribed by some superior, and which the inferior is bound... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 Seiten
...CHAPTER III. .Of Laws. — The Law of Nature — Law of Revelation?— Law of Nations — Municipal Law. LAW, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; arid is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1836 - 334 Seiten
...III Of Laws. — The Law of Nature — Law of Revelation — Municipal Law — Law of Nations. 23. LAW, in its most general and comprehensive sense,...say, the laws of motion, of gravitation, of optics, of mechanics, as well as the laws of nature and of nations. And it is a rule prescribed by some superior,... | |
 | George Combe - 1836 - 128 Seiten
...bodics, governed by invariable laws." — Spirit of Laws, bici Justice Blackstone observes, that " Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applicd indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whclher animate or inanimate, rational or irrational.... | |
 | George Combe - 1840 - 134 Seiten
...bodies, governed by invariable laws." — Spirit of Laws. b. i, ci Justice Blackstone observes, that " Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and it applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational.... | |
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Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. 
