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... ) , 2 East P.C. 1113 v . Sainsbury ( breach of statute - indictable offence ) , 4 T. R. 451 v . Sutton ( possession of coining tools ) , 1 East P.C. 172 7 PAGE . Rex v . Wilkes ( Judicial discretion ) xxxii . TABLE OF CASES .
... ) , 2 East P.C. 1113 v . Sainsbury ( breach of statute - indictable offence ) , 4 T. R. 451 v . Sutton ( possession of coining tools ) , 1 East P.C. 172 7 PAGE . Rex v . Wilkes ( Judicial discretion ) xxxii . TABLE OF CASES .
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... possession of most of the countries which they added to the inheritance of civilized man . They prepared the way for Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the earth in 1578 , and for James Cook's voyage in 1769-70 . The nation and the ...
... possession of most of the countries which they added to the inheritance of civilized man . They prepared the way for Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the earth in 1578 , and for James Cook's voyage in 1769-70 . The nation and the ...
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... possession of Brazil ; but neither of these nations explored or asserted a right to North America . Whilst the Spaniards and Portu- guese were plundering and enslaving the defenceless natives of the south , committing unspeakable ...
... possession of Brazil ; but neither of these nations explored or asserted a right to North America . Whilst the Spaniards and Portu- guese were plundering and enslaving the defenceless natives of the south , committing unspeakable ...
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... possession of in 1605 , when a party of roving Englishmen planted a cross on the island , and inscribed the words " James , King of England ; " but no actual settlement was effected on it until 1624 , when a patent for the island was ...
... possession of in 1605 , when a party of roving Englishmen planted a cross on the island , and inscribed the words " James , King of England ; " but no actual settlement was effected on it until 1624 , when a patent for the island was ...
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... possessions were gradually extended westward and south- ward from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi , and down that river to its mouth . The whole of the country at the back or westward of the thirteen states of America , the ...
... possessions were gradually extended westward and south- ward from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi , and down that river to its mouth . The whole of the country at the back or westward of the thirteen states of America , the ...
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Page 496 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 626 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the...
Page 523 - Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the , raising of a Revenue for Provincial Purposes.
Page 269 - The people of any race, other than the aboriginal race in any State for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws...
Page 619 - Conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State.
Page 283 - WHEREAS the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have expressed their Desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom...
Page 626 - That every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes, by force of the term, a right to employ all the means requisite and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power, and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the Constitution, or not immoral, or not contrary to the essential ends of political society.
Page xxxix - Western Australia, shall be united in a Federal Commonwealth under the name of "The Commonwealth of Australia.
Page 504 - Now, the power to regulate commerce embraces a vast field, containing not only many, but exceedingly various, subjects, quite unlike in their nature : some imperatively demanding a single uniform rule, operating equally on the commerce of the United States in every port ; and some, like the subject now in question, as imperatively demanding that diversity which alone can meet the local necessities of navigation.
Page 519 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces...