IMPERIAL LEGISLATION, 2. IMPLIED RESTRICTIONS. upon powers of congress, 375. INCIDENTS OF STATUTES, 594, 599, 622. INDEMNITY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY TAKEN FOR PUBLIC INDIANA. legislature of, 198, 199. power of legislature, 200, 201. INHERENT POWER OF LEGISLATURE, 236, 309. constitutionality of, 331. INTENT OF LEGISLATURE. derived from aid of common law, 676, 678, 796. how collected, 647. INTERNAL COMMERCE. defined, 336 to 345. INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION, 600 to 738. uses of, when the language is obscure, 633. uses of, when terms are obscure and equivocal, 633. uses of, when words used are susceptible of different meaning, 631. JEWS. J. character and government, 20 to 22. JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION, 577 to 593. INDEX. JUDICIAL POWERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, 500 to 528. acts judicial defined, 500. acts appointing special administrator, 507. acts awarding a new trial, 528. authorizing sale of infants' estates, 502, 503, 514. confirming sales of estates, 513, granting a divorce, 515. granting an appeal, 518. granting a review, 521 to 528. making partition, 509. must not be exercised by the legislature, 500 to 528. must not determine facts, 501. Montesque's view, 501. not judicial unless facts are ascertained and settled, 504. reviving demands barred by statutes of limitation, 517, 518. whether judicial or not determined from the circumstances of each JURY TRIALS. constitutionality of acts affecting this right, 550 to 569. for private property taken for the public use, 467 to 478. LAWS IMPAIRING OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS, 382 to 415. annulling legislative grants, 405. contracts defined, 382. contracts between states and individuals, 384. contracts between states and corporations, 385. changing acts of incorporation, 397. changing nature of estates, 412. discharging and abrogating a contract, 385. dissolving marriage contracts, 415. extent of constitutional restriction, 382. executory and executed contracts, 384. includes executory and executed contracts, 385. LAWS IMPAIRING OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS-Continued. must relate to an object of value, 383. mere unexecuted gift is not a contract, 383. must not, under pretence of changing a remedy, divest a vested regulating mode of proceeding, 387. rendering valid, acts of public officers, 409. statutes of limitation, 406. stay laws, 389, 394. suspending proceedings of corporations, 410. taxing land exempted by statute, 405. taking private property for public use, 413. when contract is not executed, and is without consideration, 383, 385. where vested, 236. LAWS OF ATHENS. mode of enactment, 11. Anglo-Saxon, 23. England, 26, 38. LAW OF THE LAND. construction of this term, 722. LEGISLATION. Anglo-Saxon, 23. Egyptian, 13. English, 38. nature of, 1. origin of, in the United States, 45. New Plymouth colony, 56. Virginia colony, 45. LEGISLATIVE EXPOSITION. what, 442. weight of, in construing its own powers, 442. limitations of, 310. constitutional restrictions upon, 310. nature of, 443. over private property, 466 to 500. to pass retrospective laws, 289, 309. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. powers of, 500. LEGISLATIVE ACTS. what, 500. LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION, 577 to 593. inherent powers of, 236 to 309. LEX EDICTALIS, 1. INDEX. LEX REGIA, 2. LIEBER'S INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION, 600 to 604, 610, 611. LIMITATIONS TO LEGISLATIVE POWER, LIMITED INTERPRETATION, 603. LOAF SUGAR. construction of this term, 716. LOCAL PURPOSE. what, 419. 310. LOCK'S VIEW OF THE NATURE OF GOVERNMENT, 247. MAY. body of liberties of, 72. change of government of, 68. civil and criminal laws of, 74. court of assistance of, 68. fundamental laws of, 69. general court powers of, 70. history of, 64. judgment against, 72, legislative power of, 65. when construed must, 724 to 729. MEANING OF WORDS. when known to govern, 619. |