 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 strani
...that purpose. To iJliil. this objection, which is of recent date, it is sufficient to • observe, that practice and acquiescence under it for a period...question is at rest, and ought not now to be disturbed. Judgment affirmed. THOMAS HAMILTON v. JAMES RUSSEL. * 310 An absolute ERROR from the circuit court... | |
 | John Elihu Hall - 1817 - 622 strani
...which is of recent date, it is sufficient to observe., that practice and acquiescence under ' the law,' for a period of several years, commencing with the organization of the judirial system, affords an irresistible answer, and has indeed, fixed the construction. It is a contemporary... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals, David James McCord - 1830 - 612 strani
...commissions for that purpose. To this objection, which is of recent date, it is sufficient to observe, that practice and acquiescence under it for a period...the organization of the judicial system, affords an irresistable answer, and has fixed the construction. It is a cotemporaneous interpretation of the most... | |
 | Daniel Chipman - 1837 - 44 strani
...commissions forthat purpose. To this objection, which is of recent date, it is sufficient to observe, that a practice and acquiescence under it for a period of...the organization of the judicial system, affords an irresistable answer, and has, indeed, fixed the constructions. It is a contemporaneous interpretation... | |
 | Edward Prigg, Richard Peters - 1842 - 154 strani
...Court held this language: " To this objection, which is of recent date, it is sufficient to observe, that practice and acquiescence under it for a period...question is at rest, and ought not now to be disturbed." But in addition to contemporaneous exposition, and long acquiescence, we have the judicial decisions... | |
 | 1844 - 888 strani
...of years, commencing with the organization of the Judiciary, afford an irresistible answer and fix the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation...strong and obstinate to be shaken or controlled." With such maxims universally acknowledged, it is evident that the understanding of the nation at the... | |
 | United States - 1850 - 884 strani
...al. r. Sullivant et al., 10 Wheat. 192 ; 6 Cond. Rep. 71. The justices of the supreme court have by practice and acquiescence under it, for a period of...commencing with the organization of the judicial system, sat as circuit judges : this sractical exposition is too strong to be shaken or controlled. Stuart... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1854 - 550 strani
...stated by Mr, Justice Fatersori who delivered the opinion of the Court, that practice and acquiescence, for a period of several years, commencing with the organization of the judicial system, had fixed the construction, and that this co temporary and practical exposition was too strong to be... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 strani
...for the purpose, it was held by the Supreme Court, that a practice and acquiescence under the system for a period of several years, commencing with the organization of the judicial system, afforded an irresistible answer to all objections, and had, indeed, fixed the construction. It was... | |
 | 1858 - 124 strani
...Supreme Court, Vol. I. 415 : '" To this objection, which is of recent date, it is sufficient to observe that practice, and acquiescence under it, for a period...irresistible answer, and has indeed fixed the construction. * * This practical exposition is too strong and obstinate to be shaken or controlled. Of course, the... | |
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To this objection, which is of recent date, it is sufficient to observe, that practice and acquiescence under it for a period of several years, commencing with the organization of the judicial system, affords an irresistible answer, and has indeed fixed... 
