Government and Laws of the United States: Comprising a Complete and Comprehensive View of the Rise, Progress, and Present Organization of the State and National Governments

Banks & Brothers, 1868 - 559 páginas

INTRODUCTION	9

The mother country	10

Discovery of America	18

First attempts to form settlements in America	23

First permanent English colony in America	27

Settlement of North Virginia or New England	33

The United Colonies of New England	38

Possession of New Netherlands taken by the English	41

Transportation of stock on railroads	269

Common carriers of passengers	271

The law of the road	276

Travel on the highway of nations	279

Marine insurance	282

Fire insurance	289

Life insurance	295

The logic of pleading	298

War between the French and English colonies	45

Continental Congress	50

Articles of Confederation	56

Formation of constitutions	61

Declaration of Rights	66

Religious worship 9 15 18 23 27 33 38 41 45 50 56 61 66	68

Sources of political power	70

Liberty of speech and of the press	71

Personal security	72

Rights of the accused in criminal actions	73

The military power	75

Right of petition of suffrage and remedy for injuries	76

Recurrence to fundamental principles	77

Objects of the Declaration of Rights	78

Departments of government XXIII Elective franchise	79

The legislature	81

The judiciary	82

Constitutions how amended	90

Organization of legislative bodies	98

Legislative journals	109

Mode of electing national officers	118

Effect of marriage upon the property of the parties	132

XLII	140

Support of the poor	148

Dissolution of the marriage contract	156

XLIX	173

Real property	179

Estates in dower	190

Proof and recording of deeds and mortgages	199

General provisions respecting real property	208

Letters testamentary	222

CHAPTER PAGE LXIV Inventory of decedents estate	228

Payments of debts and legacies	231

Revocation of wills	237

General partnership	239

Special partnership	245

Assignments 24	246

The law of bailment	249

Responsibility of bailee	254

Innkeepers and their guests	258

Common carriers	260

Actions	306

Commencement of civil actions	311

Order of arrest	316

Replevin	318

Injunctions	320

Attachment	321

Trial of actions	322

Executions	326

Appeals 392	332

Commercial paper	334

History of commercial paper	338

Negotiability of commercial paper	343

The principal parts of commercial paper	351

Indorsement of commercial paper	363

Actions against indorsers	371

The time to demand payment	379

Protest when necessary	385

Notice of dishonor	390

Accommodation paper	395

E 2 2 278	397

CHAPTER PAGE CI Actions upon checks	401

Defences	406

Crimes against the national government	410

Naturalization	413

Rules of evidence	416

Further rules of evidence	424

73	426

79	427

Competency of evidence	434

Kinds of evidence	437

The executive	442

Hearsay evidence	444

Admissions and confessions	448

Evidence excluded	452

Number of witnesses	454

General principles of evidence	458

Weight of evidence	461

Referees	469

The Monroe Doctrine	474

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Título	Government and Laws of the United States: Comprising a Complete and Comprehensive View of the Rise, Progress, and Present Organization of the State and National Governments
Autor	William B. Wedgwood
Edição	5
Editora	Banks & Brothers, 1868
Original de	Universidade de Michigan
Digitalizado	27 Jun 2012
Número de páginas	559 páginas

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