 ... sworn to determine, not according to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws and customs of the land ; not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old one.  Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries - Seite 10von William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1893 - 533 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Herbert Broom - 1845 - 286 Seiten
...to determine, not according to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws and customs of the land, — not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old one (/), jus dicere et non jus dare (m). (i) 1 Bla. Com. 70. See Ram's Kenyon, CJ, 5 TR 682, and 6 Science... | |
 | Herbert Broom - 1852 - 607 Seiten
...*determine, not according to his own private judgment,3 but according to the known laws and customs of the land, — not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old one,1* jus dicere et non jus dare.' And here we may observ« the important distinction which exists"... | |
 | Herbert Broom - 1854 - 607 Seiten
...however, admit of exceptions, where the former determination is most evidently *con- .-,_..,,-. trary to reason, — much more, if it be clearly contrary to the divine law. But, even in such cases, subsequent judges do not pretend to make a new law, but to vindicate the old one from misrepresentation.... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1859
...according to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws and customs of the lands — not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old one. Jus dicere et non jus dare." — 1 Blackstone Com., 69. "Where a rule has become settled law, it is... | |
 | 1859
...Williams, L., 4 CL and Fin. 729) but according to the known laws and customs of the land; not appointed to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old, jus dicere et non jus dare (1 Bla. Com. Per Lord Kenyon, CF 5 TR 682. G Id. 605 and 8 Id. 239 per Grose... | |
 | LUDWIG HERRIG - 1859
...Williams, L., 4 CL and Fin. 729) but according to the known laws and customs of the land; not appointed to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old, ja; dicere et non jus dare (1 Bla. Com. Per- Lord Kenyon, CF 5 TR 682. 6 Id. 605 and 8 Id. 239 per... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860
...to determine, not according to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws and customs of the land ; not delegated to pronounce a new law,...contrary to reason ; *much more if it be clearly contrary r*~n to the divine law. But even in such cases the subsequent judges do not L ' pretend to make a new... | |
 | Peter Hardeman Burnett - 1860 - 741 Seiten
...not according to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws and customs of the laud ; not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain...expound the old one. Yet this rule admits of exception, when the former decision is most evidently contrary to reason ; much more if it be clearly contrary... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1863
...is an established rule to abide by former precedents, where the same points come in litigation," " yet this rule admits of exception, where the former...evidently contrary to reason — much more, if it be contrary to divine law. But even in such cases the subsequent judges do not pretend to make a new law,... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1863
...to determine, not according to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws and customs of the land; [not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old one.] Yet a single determination is not sufficient to establish an inflexible rule—more particularly where... | |
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