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... rule of action prescribed by a superior power ......... 2. Natural law is the rule of human action , prescribed by the Creator , and discover- able by the light of reason .... ............... . ..................... 8. The divine , or ...
... rule of action prescribed by a superior power ......... 2. Natural law is the rule of human action , prescribed by the Creator , and discover- able by the light of reason .... ............... . ..................... 8. The divine , or ...
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... rules of action by which the meanest individual is protected from the insults and oppression of the greatest . As ... rule prescribes not , and not to be subject to the inconstant , uncertain , unknown , arbitrary will of another man ...
... rules of action by which the meanest individual is protected from the insults and oppression of the greatest . As ... rule prescribes not , and not to be subject to the inconstant , uncertain , unknown , arbitrary will of another man ...
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... rule of act . n . and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action , whether animate or inan ..- mate , rational or irrational . Thus we say , the laws of motion , of grav tatoon , of optics , or mechanics , as well as the laws of ...
... rule of act . n . and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action , whether animate or inan ..- mate , rational or irrational . Thus we say , the laws of motion , of grav tatoon , of optics , or mechanics , as well as the laws of ...
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... rule to pursue , but such as he prescribes to himself ; but a state of dependence will inevitably oblige the inferior to take the will of him on whom he depends as the rule of his conduct ; not , indeed , in every particular , but in ...
... rule to pursue , but such as he prescribes to himself ; but a state of dependence will inevitably oblige the inferior to take the will of him on whom he depends as the rule of his conduct ; not , indeed , in every particular , but in ...
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... rule by which particular districts , communities , or nations , are ge being thus defined by Justinian , ( d ) “ jus civile est quod quisque sibi populus covers I call it municipal law , in compliance with common speech ; for , though ...
... rule by which particular districts , communities , or nations , are ge being thus defined by Justinian , ( d ) “ jus civile est quod quisque sibi populus covers I call it municipal law , in compliance with common speech ; for , though ...
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