 | jeffrey s gurock - History - 1998 - 516 pages
...worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.176 120 North Carolina, like New Hampshire, moved... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code, David Dudley Field - Admiralty - 1998 - 3652 pages
...That no person can be excluded, on account of religious belief, is settled by the constitution : " No person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness...account of his opinions on matters of religious belief." — Article 1, section 3. 1. Those who are of unsound mind at the time of their production for examination... | |
 | Ava Fran Kahn - History - 2002 - 564 pages
...profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever he allowed in this State; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State." I ... 1 RF Morrison followed on the other side.... | |
 | Michael M. Martin, Daniel J. Capra, Faust F. Rossi - Law - 2003 - 1134 pages
...they do not appreciate the nature of an oath.02 Now, however, the New York Constitution provides that "no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness...of his opinions on matters of religious belief,'™ and CPLR 2309 (b) by its terms contemplates an equivalency between oaths and affirmations.114 A witness... | |
 | Michael M. Martin, Daniel J. Capra, Faust F. Rossi - Law - 2003 - 1134 pages
...they do not appreciate the nature of an oath.62 Now, however, the New York Constitution provides that "no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness...on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief,"63 and CPLR 2309 (b) by its terms contemplates an equivalency between oaths and affirmations.64... | |
 | James Trapier Ringgold - Sunday legislation - 2003 - 346 pages
...of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall be forever allowed, and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be...hereby secured shall not be so con„strued as to justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. 20, 4. COLORADO. The free exercise... | |
 | Donald B. Kraybill - Law - 2003 - 384 pages
...be permitted, or any preference be given by law to any religious establishment or mode of worship: but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall...excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state, nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury... | |
 | Mark K. Moller - Law - 2004 - 536 pages
...individual, and no one shall be molested or disturbed in person or property on account of religion; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall...excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state. No public money or property shall be appropriated... | |
 | Charles Zebina Lincoln - Ecclesiastical law - 2005 - 1006 pages
...court of justice under any circumstances. Jackson v Gridley, 18 Johns. (NY) 98. as amended in 1846, "no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness...account of his opinions on matters of religious belief." In Commonwealth v Buzzell, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 153, the court held that the religious faith of a witness... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State; an no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of his religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to... | |
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The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on... 
