 | Andrew White Young - 1840 - 348 Seiten
...Law — Law of Nations. § 19. LAW, in its widest sense, signifies a rule of action, and is applied to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. According to established principles in nature, all matter tends to decay ; all ponderous bodies determine... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - 764 Seiten
...its gerule of action which is prescribed by some superior, and which the inferior is bound to obey, and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate or inaminate, rational or irrational : thus we say the laws of motion and of mechanics, as well as the... | |
 | Daniel Chipman - 1846 - 422 Seiten
...the limits within which we are to proceed. Judge Blackstone tells us that, " law in its most general comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applied indiscriminately to all action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational." Such is the sense which general custom... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1839 - 384 Seiten
...Law — Law of Nations. § 19. LAW, in its widest sense, signifies a rule of action, and is applied to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. According to established principles in nature, all matter tends to decay ; all ponderous bodies determine... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1849 - 1148 Seiten
...(laga, lagt, lag, or Iah, Saz. ¡ад, Swed. loi, Fr. ley, Span.) In its most general and comprehensivo sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applied...inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say, the law» of motion, of gravitation, of optics, of mechanics, as well as the laws of nature and of nations:... | |
 | George Combe - 1853 - 460 Seiten
...bodies, governed by invariable laws.' — Spirit of Laws, bici Justice Blackstone observes, that ' Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense,...action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irratwnal. Thus we say, the laws of motion, of gravitation, of opties, or mechanies, as well as the... | |
 | 1854 - 980 Seiten
...charter, but from a legal definition of the word as used by lawyers of all ages. Blackstone says that '• Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action," and it is that rule of action which is prescribed by some superior, and which the inferior is bound to... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1855 - 774 Seiten
...lighter. LAW. In its most general and comprehensive sense, law signifies a rule of action ; and this term is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. 1 Bl. Com. 38. In its more confined sense, law denotes the rule, not of actions in general, but of... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1859 - 1116 Seiten
...corontoes. — Skoto. LAW, law, ». (In fin, läge, lag, or Infi, Sax. lug, Swed. hi, Fr. ley, Span.) In its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies...inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say, the lawi of motion, of gravitation, of optics, of mechanics, as well as the laua of nature and of nations:... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1860 - 376 Seiten
...relates to the law itself, that its authority may be maintained. "Law," says Blackstone, "in its most comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action, and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of actions, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. This, then, is the general signification... | |
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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. 
