...be heard. It was said by WEBSTER, in the celebrated Dartmouth College Case, 4 Wheat. 519, that "by the 'law of the land' is most clearly intended the...upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial;" and likewise Judge COOLEY, (Const. Lira. 41)1 :) "Every one has a right to demand that he be governed...

...the law of the land, is most clearly intended the general law, which hears before it condemns, and proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after...liberty, property and immunities under the protection of general rules which govern society. Every thing which may pass under the form of legislative enactment,...

...by \Vebster, in the celebrated Dartmouth College case, 4 Wheat., 519, that " by the law of the laud is most clearly intended the general law, a law which...upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial." And. likewise, judge Cooley, Const. Lim., 491: "Every one has a right to demand that he be governed...

...Perhaps the scope of the limitation cannot be better explained than by the words of Mr. Webster : " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general...under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law of the land. If this were so, acts of attainder, bills of pains and penalties,...

...Titius only, and has no relation to the community in general. It is rather a sentence than a law.' By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general...the general rules which govern society. Everything, therefore, which may pass under the form of an enactment, is not, therefore, to be considered the law...

...1943. Mr. Webster's oft-cited definition of the maxim, " by the law of the land," is as follows: " By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general...meaning is that every citizen shall hold his life, his liberty, property and immunities under the protection of the general In re Lowrie. rules which...

...law of the land," said Mr. Webster in * the Dartmouth College case, whose definition is often emoted, ''is most clearly intended the general law; a law...trial. The meaning is that every citizen shall hold his lite, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society....

...619; SC, Works of Webster, vol. 5, p. 487, is perhaps moro often quoted than any other. "By the lawof the land is most clearly intended the general law;...only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen •hall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules...

...land," he says, "is most clearly intended the general law ; a law that hears before it condemns, that proceeds upon Inquiry, and renders Judgment only after...immunities under the protection of the general rules that govern society," ete. Judge Cooley says this definition is apt and suitable to judicial proceedings....

...GC3. For, as forcibly stated by Mr. Webster, in the famous Dartmouth College Case, 4 Wheat. 581, "by the law of the land is most clearly intended the general...upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial." A valid attachment by trustee process creates a lien upon the debt in the hands of the trustee in favor...