Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - Broj stranica: 514 |
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Stranica 358 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Stranica 384 - ... legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt...
Stranica 415 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances.
Stranica 209 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.
Stranica 89 - This government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent to have required to be enforced by all those arguments which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found is necessary to urge. That principle is now universally admitted.
Stranica 67 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Stranica 288 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Stranica 392 - States are expressly prohibited from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts and...
Stranica 402 - States the power to coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Stranica 430 - The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it; that must be a matter of opinion, and can only be a test of expediency.