 | United States. Supreme Court - 1980 - 790 pages
...follows immediately from the language of the Act of Feb. 25,1871: "[I]n all acts hereafter passed . .. the word 'person' may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate . . . unless the context shows that such words were intended to be used in a more limited... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1836 - 1058 pages
...and in the like cases, the word " sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirm." Thirteenth. The word " person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. Fourteenth. The words "preceding" and "following," when Penalty... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 pages
...305. It is, notwithstanding, specially provided, in the Revised Statutes of some of the States, that " the word person may extend, and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals." Thus in the general provisions in the Revised Statutes of Massachusetts... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 548 pages
...word importing the masculine gender only, may extend and be applied to females as well as males ; and the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, and the public generally, as well as individuals. law, shall be... | |
 | New Hampshire - 1854 - 712 pages
...the paper alone, as well as an impression made by means of wax, or a wafer affixed thereto. SEC. 8. The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. SEC. 11. The words "preceding 1 " and "following" when used by... | |
 | 1859 - 354 pages
...of necessity within the meaning of the act; but we have a statute which expressly declares, that " the word person may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as individuals;" and without referring to that, I have no doubt that the legislature... | |
 | Montana (Ter.) - 1866 - 792 pages
..."oath" shall be construed to include affirmation, and the word "sworn" to include affirmed. Eighth, The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate. Ninth, The words " town or towns" may be construed to include city or cities. Tenth, The... | |
 | Iowa - 1900 - 652 pages
...oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirm." Twelfth. The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals. impression of such official seal made upon the paper alone, as... | |
 | Thomas Johnson Michie - 1900 - 814 pages
...natural persons expressly included in such statutes. Section 5, subsec. 13, of the Code provides that the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as individuals. Portsmouth Gas Co. v. Sanford Judge Allen, in delivering the opinion... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1900 - 1030 pages
...natural persons expressly included in such statutes. Section 5, subsection 13, of the code provides that the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as individuals. Judge Allen, in delivering the opinion of the court in Baltimore... | |
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said to be necessary for a corporation to purchase and hold shares of stock In a state bank except as such stock might be taken In payment of debts In good faith owing to the corporation. "The word 'person' may extend and be applied to bodies politic... 
