A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States: Delivered Annually in Columbia College, New York |
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... eral colonies selected the city of Philadelphia as the place , and appointed the tenth of September , 1774 , as the time of meeting of the first Continental Con- gress . The members of that illustrious body were in general elected by ...
... eral colonies selected the city of Philadelphia as the place , and appointed the tenth of September , 1774 , as the time of meeting of the first Continental Con- gress . The members of that illustrious body were in general elected by ...
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... eral and comprehensive terms , and requested that they should be clothed with " authority and discre- tion to meet and consult together for the common wel- fare . " Most generally they were empowered to con- sult and advise on the means ...
... eral and comprehensive terms , and requested that they should be clothed with " authority and discre- tion to meet and consult together for the common wel- fare . " Most generally they were empowered to con- sult and advise on the means ...
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... eral Convention , thus constituted and empowered , met at Philadelphia on the day appointed ; and hav- ing chosen General Washington ( whose name was first on the list of the deputies from his native state ) for their president ...
... eral Convention , thus constituted and empowered , met at Philadelphia on the day appointed ; and hav- ing chosen General Washington ( whose name was first on the list of the deputies from his native state ) for their president ...
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... eral view of its organization and powers . This statement of the subjects of discussion comprises a definition of the terms by which they are designa- ted ; for by a constitution is meant , not only the form in which a government is ...
... eral view of its organization and powers . This statement of the subjects of discussion comprises a definition of the terms by which they are designa- ted ; for by a constitution is meant , not only the form in which a government is ...
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... eral , the legislative , executive , and judicial powers were kept distinct , with the manifest intention of rendering them essentially independent of each oth- er . The Legislature was , for the most part , divided into two branches ...
... eral , the legislative , executive , and judicial powers were kept distinct , with the manifest intention of rendering them essentially independent of each oth- er . The Legislature was , for the most part , divided into two branches ...
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