 | University of Michigan - 1886 - 124 pages
...which no senator can possibly be fit for his office." " How unbecoming," exclaims Blackstone, '• must it appear in a member of the legislature to vote for a new law, who is utterly ignorant of the old! What kind of interpretation can he be enabled to give, who is a stranger to the text upon which he... | |
 | John Ordronaux - Constitutional law - 1891 - 716 pages
...long been exercised. Here again Blackstone exclaims with just indignation : "And how unbecoming must it appear in a member of the Legislature to vote for a new law, who is utterly ignorant of the old ! What kind of interpretation can he be enabled to give, who is a stranger to the text upon which he... | |
 | John C. Devereux - Law - 1891 - 432 pages
...a knowledge of the laws is necessary ; for, in the words of the Commentator, " how unbecoming must it appear in a member of the legislature, to vote for a new law who is utterly ignorant of the old ! What kind of interpretation can he be enabled to give who is a stranger to the text upon which he... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1910 - 172 pages
...those laws to posterity, amended if possible, at least without any derogation. And how unbecoming must it appear in a member of the legislature to vote for a new law, who is utterly ignorant of the old; what kind of interpretation can he be enabled to give, who is a stranger to the text upon which he... | |
 | Washington State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1894 - 612 pages
...their posterity, amended, if possible, at least, without any derrogation. And how unbecoming; must it appear in a member of the legislature to vote for a new law who is utterly ignorant of the old? what kind of interpretation can he be enabled to give who is a stranger to the text upon which he comments!... | |
 | Oklahoma State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1909 - 242 pages
...Blackstone says on this subject: "ft.o'w unbecoming it must appear in a member of the Aeg1fslature to vote for a new law who is utterly ignorant of the old * * *. Indeed it is perfectly ama?.fng that there should be no other state of life, no Oilier occupation,... | |
 | Alabama State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1895 - 182 pages
...to their posterity, amended, if possible, at least without any derogation. And how unbecoming must it appear in a member of the legislature to vote for a new law who is utterly ignorant of the old ; what kind of interpretation can he^be enabled to give, who is a stranger to the text upon which he... | |
 | Richard E. Ellis - Political questions and judicial power - 1971 - 390 pages
...rich men to be as well trusted, in the administration of legal affairs, as any others; Can any man vote for a new law, who is utterly ignorant of the old? What kind of interpretation can he give, who is stranger to the text, on which he comments! The lawyers... | |
 | St. George Tucker, William Blackstone - Law - 2000 - 3301 pages
...'laws to their posterity, amended if possible, at least without any derogation. And how unbecoming must it appear in a member of the legislature to vote for...interpretation can he be enabled to give, who is a stranger to the text upon which he comments ! Indeed it is perfectly amazing, that there should be... | |
 | William Blackstone - Droit - 2002 - 500 pages
...poflible, at leaft without any derogation. And how unbecoming muft it appear in a member of the legiflature to vote for a new law, who is utterly ignorant of the old ! what kind of interpretation can he be enabled to give, who is a ftranger to the text upon which he... | |
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