Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 第 107 卷Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Conway Robinson, Peachy Ridgway Grattan, James Muscoe Matthews, George W. Hansbrough, Martin Parks Burks D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1908 Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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第 633 頁 - The rule of law upon this subject appears to be that, except where the Constitution has imposed limits upon the legislative power, It must be considered as practically absolute, whether it operate according to natural justice or not in any parr ticular case.
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