 | John Bouvier - 1855 - 774 страници
...lighter. LAW. In its most general and comprehensive sense, law signifies a rule of action ; and this term is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. 1 Bl. Com. 38. In its more confined sense, law denotes the rule, not of actions in general, but of... | |
 | george combe - 1860 - 390 страници
...observes, that " Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say the laws of motion, of gravitation, of optics, or mechanics, as well as the laws of nature... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 страници
...LAWS IN GENERAL. LAW, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say, the laws of motion, of gravitation, of optics, or mechanics, as well as the laws of nature... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1861 - 900 страници
...gather or collect), in its moat general and comprehensive signification, denotes a rule of action, and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we speak of the laws of motion or of gravitation, as well as that of nature and of nations. It... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1861 - 314 страници
...Justice Blackstone, " in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say the laws of motion, of gravitation, of optics, or mechanics, as well as the law of nature... | |
 | Frederick Bridges - 1862 - 340 страници
..."Law," says Blackstone, "in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. When the Supreme Being formed the universe, and created matter out of nothing, He impressed upon that... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 642 страници
...several parts of every law. LAW, in its general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say, the laws of motion, of gravitation, of optics, or mechanics, as well as the laws of nature... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1868 - 488 страници
...Blackstone says : " Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say, the laws of motion, of gravitation, of optics, of mechanics, as well as the laws of nature... | |
 | The North American Review.VOL.CXII. - 1871 - 506 страници
...beginning to end: "Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action, and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational." This peculiarity accounts in great measure for the pompous effect which the style has to the ear of... | |
 | 1871 - 494 страници
...beginning to end: "Law, in its most'general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action, and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action,...whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational." This peculiarity accounts in great measure for the pompous effect which the style has to the ear of... | |
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LAW, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action ; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. 
