 | Bible - 1857 - 516 pages
...definition into the 'sole and exclusive dominion which one man claims and exercises over the eiternal things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.' (2 Slack. Comm. 2.) " The things which may thus be exclusively appropriated, and thereby made ' private... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 724 pages
...engages the affections of mankind as the right of property, or that sole and despotic dominion which a man claims and exercises over the external things...right of any other individual in the universe ;" and Chancellor Kent well remarks, (2 Com. 319,) that " the sense of property is graciously bestowed on... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...imagination, and p^,, engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that *• solo and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises...any other individual in the universe. And yet there arc very few that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this... | |
 | James Madison - United States - 1865 - 768 pages
...danger iu the former. MARCH 20th. 14. PROPERTY. This term, in its particular application, means "that dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in exclusion of every other individual." In its larger and juster meaning, it embraces everything to which... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1867 - 926 pages
...nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, [ *2 J and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ^ or that sole and despotic dominion...individual in the universe. And yet there are very few thai will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. Pleased... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1870 - 674 pages
...Spencer, CJ 17 Johns. R. 28:3. See 1 ComstocVsR. 20, 24. 3 Kernarfs R. 396. The right of property is that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...the right of any other individual in the universe. 2 Bl. Com. 2. The right of property consists in the free use, enjoyment and disposal of all a person's... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 836 pages
...of society, the right to the means of acquiring and possessing property. What is property ? It is " that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...external things of the world, in total exclusion of any other individual in the universe.1' 2 Black. Comm. 1, 2 ; 1 Ruth. Inst. lib. 1, ch. 3, § 1 ; Barb.... | |
 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 386 pages
...engages the solicitude of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which a man' claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of other men ; yet few consider the origin and foundation of this right. Pleased with the possession,... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Joint tenancy - 1874 - 730 pages
...nothing which so generally strikes the '•imagination and engages the affections of mankind as the 'right of property, or that sole and despotic dominion...external things of the world in total exclusion of any other individual in the universe."' No doubt, this love of "sole dominion" has increased as the... | |
 | William Blackstone, Alexander Leith, James Frederick Smith - Law - 1880 - 650 pages
...is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion...world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individ'al in the universe. And yet thwe are very few that •nil give themselves the trouble to consider... | |
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They are not : there is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world,... 
