Opinions of the Attorney General of Puerto Rico, Svazek 1 |
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Strana 67 - the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of
Strana 47 - corporation entirely; they may restrict its business to particular localities, or they may exact such security for the performance of its contracts with their citizens as in their judgment will best promote the public interest. The whole matter rests in their discretion. The
Strana 191 - provides as follows: That the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, except as hereinbefore or hereinafter otherwise provided, shall have the same force and effect in Porto Rico as in the United States.
Strana 39 - Of the former class are the rights to one's own religious opinions and to a public expression of them, or, as sometimes said, to worship God according to the dictates of one's own conscience; the right to personal liberty and individual property; to freedom of speech and of the
Strana 191 - An act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico and for other purposes," was passed by the Congress of the United States and approved by the President on
Strana 245 - of the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,
Strana 146 - imposes a punishment for an act which was not punishable at the time it was committed; or an additional punishment to that then prescribed; or changes the rules of evidence by which less or different testimony is sufficient to convict than was then required; or, in short, in relation to the offense or its consequences, alters the situation of a party to his disadvantage;
Strana 121 - the reason is that such taxation is a burden on that commerce and amounts to a regulation of it which belongs solely to Congress. This is the result of so many recent cases that citation is hardly necessary. As a matter of convenient reference we give the following list
Strana 187 - be made before a circuit or district court of the United States or a district or supreme court of the territories or a court of record of any of the states having
Strana 191 - rights of property secured by copyright and patents acquired by Spaniards in the island of Cuba and in Porto Rico, the Philippines and other ceded territories at the time of the exchange