 A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation, on the other hand, looks to the future and changes existing...  Report - Page 387by New York (State). Public Service Commission. First District - 1910Full view - About this book
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1058 pages
...another moment or in its principal or dominant aspect is a court, such as is meant by section 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts, and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation,... | |
 | Railroad Commission of Kentucky - Municipal services - 1910 - 576 pages
...at another moment, or in its principal or dominant aspect, is a court such as is meant by Sec 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation on... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1912 - 790 pages
...another moment, or in its principal or dominant aspect, is a court such as is meant by Section 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation, on... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Charles Frederick Remy, George Washington Self, Philip Zoercher, William H. Adams, Mrs. Edward Franklin White, Emma Mary May - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 864 pages
...which at another moment, or in its principal or dominant aspect, is a court such as is meant by §720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts' and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation on... | |
 | Australia. High Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 828 pages
...entitles his opinions to the greatest respect, in delivering the decision of the Court, said : — " A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation on... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 720 pages
...JURISDICTION, A 7, 8; PUBLIC LANDS, 6, 7; RES JUDICATA. JUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE FUNCTIONS. 1. Definition of. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under existing laws, while legislation looks to the future and changes conditions,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 740 pages
...which, at another moment, or in its principal or dominant aspect, is a court such as is meant by § 720. A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation, on... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1176 pages
...reviewing the action of the State Corporation Commission acted in a legislative capacity; that the judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts, and under laws supposed already to exist; that • legislation, however, looks to the... | |
 | Slason Thompson - Railroads - 1910 - 416 pages
...to fix a rate and the appeal from its decision to the court of appeals of Virginia, the court said: "A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. That is its purpose and end. Legislation, on... | |
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