 ... 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
 | Homersham Cox - 1863 - 757 Seiten
...which our judges have, by latitude of interpretation, assumed a power almost legislative. and customs of the land; not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and expound the old one(e). In a few instances precedents are overruled by subsequent decisions, where it is manifest that... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - 1864 - 668 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." But 1 Parke, J., in Mirehouse v. Rennell, 1 Clarke & Finnelly, 546. this judicial rule — stare decisis... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 612 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. The decisions, therefore, of courts are held in the highest regard, and are not only preserved as authentic... | |
 | Francis Fulford (bp. of Montreal.) - 1865
...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. And it hath been an ancient observation in the laws of England, that whenever a standing rule of law,... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1867
...determine, not ac i".ordmg to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws vnd customs of the land ; not delegated to pronounce a new law,...former determination is most evidently contrary to rea[*70] son ; *much more if it be clearly contrary to the divine law. But even in such cases the subsequent... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - 1869 - 684 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." But * this judicial rule — *557 stare deems — like all others, has its exceptions, which 1 Parke,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872
...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,...more if it be clearly contrary to the divine law. But г*~л-| even in such cases the subsequent judges do not pretend to make a new LJ law, but to vindicate... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875
...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,...much more if it be clearly contrary to the divine r<cftn-, law. But even in such cases subsequent judges *do not pretend to make <- •* a new law, but... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1875
...determine, not according to his own private judgment, but according to the known laws and Customs or the land ; not delegated to pronounce a new law, but...contrary to reason ; *much more if it be clearly contrary runn to the divine law. But even in such cases the subsequent judges do not L pretend to make a new... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1876
...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 and expound the old one. 5Tet this rule admits of exception, where the former determination is most evidently contrary to reason;... | |
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