United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 136United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1890 - Courts |
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... hold and occupy real and personal estate , and have and use a seal , which they may alter at pleasure . “ SEC . 2. And be it further ordained , That said body or church , as a religious society , may , at a general or special con ...
... hold and occupy real and personal estate , and have and use a seal , which they may alter at pleasure . “ SEC . 2. And be it further ordained , That said body or church , as a religious society , may , at a general or special con ...
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... holds the constitutional and original right , in common with all civil and religious communities , ' to worship God according to the dictates of conscience , ' to reverence communion agree- ably to the principles of truth , and to ...
... holds the constitutional and original right , in common with all civil and religious communities , ' to worship God according to the dictates of conscience , ' to reverence communion agree- ably to the principles of truth , and to ...
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... hold real estate in any Territory of the United States during the existence of the territorial government of a greater value than fifty thousand dollars ; and all real estate acquired or held by any such corporation or association ...
... hold real estate in any Territory of the United States during the existence of the territorial government of a greater value than fifty thousand dollars ; and all real estate acquired or held by any such corporation or association ...
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... hold , through trus- tees appointed by any court exercising probate powers in a Territory , only on the nomination of the authorities of such society , sect or congregation , so much real property for the erection or use of houses of ...
... hold , through trus- tees appointed by any court exercising probate powers in a Territory , only on the nomination of the authorities of such society , sect or congregation , so much real property for the erection or use of houses of ...
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... hold in violation of the laws of the United States ; That the corporation was a corporation for religious or charitable purposes ; That by the third section of the act of July 1st , 1862 , 12 Stat . 501 , c . 126 , § 3 , reënacted as ...
... hold in violation of the laws of the United States ; That the corporation was a corporation for religious or charitable purposes ; That by the third section of the act of July 1st , 1862 , 12 Stat . 501 , c . 126 , § 3 , reënacted as ...
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Page 610 - 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 604 - States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 312 - If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety, has no real or substantial relation to those objects, or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental law, it is the duty of the Courts to so adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution.
Page 255 - ... with intent to influence him to commit or aid in committing, or to collude in, or allow, any fraud, or make opportunity for the commission of any fraud, on the United States, or to induce him to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful duty...
Page 440 - State, exerted within the limits of those fundamental principles of liberty and justice which lie at the base of all our civil and political institutions...
Page 194 - That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State, or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre...
Page 604 - The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States...
Page 327 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 195 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legislatures of said States.
Page 195 - Seventh. No State shall be entitled to the benefits of this act unless it shall express its acceptance thereof by its legislature within two years from the date of its approval by the President.