 | Massachusetts - 1884 - 672 pages
...prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as tor an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of them ; that every man may, at all times,... | |
 | David Rorer - 1884 - 996 pages
...retain. " A body politic," as aptly defined in the preamble of the Constitution of Massachusetts, "is a social compact by which the whole people covenants...be governed by certain laws for the common good." This does not confer power upon the whole people to control rights which are purely and exclusively... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1885 - 720 pages
...by a voluntary association Body poiit of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole jE people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen...provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well aa for an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of them ; that every man may, at all times,... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - 1885 - 940 pages
...retain. A body politic as aptly defined in the preamble of the constitution of Massachusetts, ' is a social compact by which the whole people covenants...be governed by certain laws for the common good.' This does not confer power upon the whole people to control rights which are purely and exclusively... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1886 - 700 pages
...happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association Body politic of individuals : it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to Erovide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as >r an impartial interpretation and a faithful... | |
 | Jesse Macy - 1886 - 264 pages
...doctrine that all government of right belongs to the people ; some of them state that government is a social compact "by which, the whole people covenants...citizen, and each citizen with the whole people." In these documents may be found a statement of all the rights ever claimed by Englishmen. The bill... | |
 | 1893 - 830 pages
...was quoted as follows : "The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals. It is a social compact by which the whole people covenants...governed by certain laws for the common good." It is incumbent upon the state, then, to provide instruction for its future citizens in all matters respecting... | |
 | Daniel Dorchester - 1888 - 368 pages
...Bill of Rights " says : The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals ; it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants...shall be governed by certain laws for the common good. When the individual citizens of Massachusetts "associated" themselves for the purpose of forming "... | |
 | 1904 - 1246 pages
...corporation from the obligation of making just compensation when any of these rights were invaded. It was a "compact by which the whole people covenants with...be governed by certain laws for the common good." Preamble to the Constitution of Massachusetts. That covenant was that these certain laws should be... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court - 1888 - 526 pages
...prosperity, and happiness. The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals : it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, ала each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common... | |
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A body politic," as aptly defined in the preamble of the Constitution of Massachusetts, "is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for... 
