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The same law which organized the Supreme Court in 1824 also established and organized circuit courts to be held in each county in the State, and five circuit judges were appointed to hold those courts. [7]
The gentleman from Virginia had stated that he had to hold eleven courts. [7]
What are the uses of decisions of courts? [7]
I have seen this power gathering strength, stretching its arm little by little over the institutions I fought to preserve, and which I cherish over our politics, over our government, yes, and even over our courts. [9]
During the period that he had been acting as Mark Twain's secretary in London, he had taken pleasure in collecting for him the news reports of the celebrated Tichborn Claimant case, then in the English courts. [5]
At dinner the talk turned on the latest political news: Napoleon's seizure of the Duke of Oldenburg's territory, and the Russian Note, hostile to Napoleon, which had been sent to all the European courts. [2]
Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects to see it offered in every criminal case that comes before the courts? [5]
The charge must persistently and resentfully and remorselessly dwelt upon is that Mr. Rockefeller's contribution is incurably tainted by perjury--perjury proved against him in the courts. [5]
The houses, many of which were five stories high, were generally covered with pictures or hieroglyphics; galleries with balustrades of carved and gaily-painted wood-work, supported by columns also brightly painted, ran round the walls surrounding the courts. [10]
Besides this show of foot-soldiers--that is, regulars and irregulars of the Cornwallis Regiment, and men of the Defenders and the Peep-o'-Day Boys--there were little groups of cavalry making their way to the parade- ground, the castle, the barracks, or the courts. [11]

Sentences containing courts two or more times

As guardians of this wretched unity the various courts sent diplomats to Frankfort, who interrupted their careless mode of life only to sharpen distrust of other courts or suppress some democratic movement. [10]
This is the shape it takes: instead of saying "Mr. Simmons, clerk of the county and district courts, was in town yesterday," the new form put it thus: "Clerk of the County and District Courts Simmons was in town yesterday. [5]
By the decision of the French courts in the Dreyfus matter, it is established beyond cavil or question that the decisions of courts and permanent and cannot be revised. [5]
But he now not only swears by the court, the courts having got to working for you, but he denounces all men that do not swear by the courts, as unpatriotic, as bad citizens. [7]
It is a maxim held by the courts that there is no wrong without its remedy; and the courts have a remedy for whatever is acknowledged and treated as a wrong. [7]
In 1826 the Legislature abolished these circuit courts, repealed the judges out of office, and required the judges of the Supreme Court to hold the circuit courts. [7]
This provision plainly attests the understanding of those who made the Constitution that ordinary courts of justice are inadequate to "cases of rebellion"--attests their purpose that, in such cases, men may be held in custody whom the courts, acting on ordinary rules, would discharge. [7]
If uniformity was at all intended, the system requires that all the States shall be accommodated with circuit courts, attended by Supreme judges, while, in fact, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Florida, Texas, California, and Oregon have never had any such courts. [7]

More example sentences with the word courts in them

Old Age.--There, between your eyebrows,--three straight lines running up and down; all the probate courts know that token,--"Old Age, his mark. [6]
Indeed, his dealings with courts are almost restricted to matters connected with commerce. [5]
The old aqueduct, which supplied the courts of sacrifice and the Subterranean crypts of the temple where the mysteries of Serapis were celebrated, passed close by the back-wall of this warehouse. [10]
The Southwest operation, which made so much noise in the courts, was merely an incident. [4]
I am not well acquainted with the forms of procedure in the courts of New York, but in the West, sir, in the West--" The Judge. [5]
Let him, say we, have general law in advance (guarded in every possible way against fraud), so that, when he acquires a legal right, he will have no occasion to wait for additional legislation; and if he has practiced fraud let the courts so decide. [7]
A movement, which we need not go unto, was first made upon the courts, and for a while adverse decisions came down like summer rain. [9]
He dressed exquisitely, was inclined to the Polignac party, took his ease everywhere, had a knowledge of cards and courts, and little else. [9]
The courts, the Wakfs shall obey me. [11]
When General Grant visited foreign courts, he went handsomely and properly ablaze in the uniform of a full general, and was introduced by diplomatic survivals of his own Presidential Administration. [5]
Circuit courts are useful or they are not useful. [7]
Do not be upset, brothers, that the law courts are closed; things have to be put in order, and we will deal with villains in our own way! [2]
The monks had torn the desecrated block from the niche in the Serapeum, hauled it through the courts on to the steps, and were now taking it to the arena where it was to be burnt. [10]
Still Philip's conscience told him that it was his plain duty to carry the matter into the courts, even with the certainty of defeat. [5]
Then he went to the courts and to the holy men, and claimed succession. [11]
The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both Congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. [7]
He who prayed the prayer of all mankind Summed in those few brief words the mightiest plea For erring souls before the courts of heaven, Save us from being tempted,--lest we fall! [6]
She rushed through the courts of the palace, and out into the streets, crying like a mad woman "I am free! [10]
The ladies of the court gazed with delight at the red towers of the Alhambra, rising from amid shady groves, anticipating the time when the Catholic sovereigns should be enthroned within its walls, and its courts shine with the splendor of Spanish chivalry. [4]
He has asked that General Blunt shall not take persons charged with civil crimes out of the hands of the courts and turn them over to mobs to be hung; and I think he is right in this also. [7]
It has been suggested that it was in attendance upon the courts in London that he picked up his legal vocabulary. [5]
Down the stone stairs, through the lofty halls and wide courts of the temple he hurried, closely followed by the youth, though his trembling limbs could scarcely support his fevered body. [10]
Before he could speak, the man continued with a half-drunken grimace: "You, with your tributes, and your courts, and your body-guards! [11]
The case lingered several years in an ascending grade of courts, and always resulted in decrees sustaining the original verdict; and finally the thing got into the supreme court, and there it stuck for twenty years. [5]
I regret to say I cannot do so now; I must stick to the courts awhile. [7]
This is a ruined Khan of the Middle Ages, in one of whose side courts is a great walled and arched pit with water in it, and this pit, one tradition says, is the one Joseph's brethren cast him into. [5]
My courts go right on without cessation till late in November. [7]
For all his republican principles John Paul never got over his love of courts, and no man was ever a more thorough courtier. [9]
If questions should remain, we would adjust them by the peaceful means of legislation, conference, courts, and votes, operating only in Constitutional and lawful channels. [7]
He takes his reluctant bride by force, he courts her with a club, then loves her faithfully through a long life--it is of record. [5]
Just as he reached the brazen gates between the harem-gardens and the courts of the large palace, an old man in white robes came up to him. [10]
I have a passion for those resplendent titles which are not conferred by a sovereign and would not be the open sesame to the courts of royalty, yet which are as opulent in impressive adjectives as any Knight of the Garter's list of dignities. [6]
Civil courts are organized chiefly for trials of individuals --or, at most, a few individuals acting in concert, and this in quiet times, and on charges of crimes well defined in the law. [7]
If Mrs. Fletcher or anybody else has any complaint against me, the courts are open. [4]
His most determined opponents were the Kadi Othman, the head of the Courts of justice and administration, and Khalid the governor of the exchequer. [10]
But in most of these great houses maids have replaced the butlers and footmen; mansions have been given over for hospitals; gardeners are fighting in the trenches, and courts and drives of country places are often overgrown with grass and weeds. [9]
Five or six of the early Popes--those who reigned about sixteen hundred years ago--held their papal courts and advised with their clergy in the bowels of the earth. [5]
For the sake of the country's dignity and for the sake of her advantage commercially, we should have ambassadors, not ministers, at the great courts of the world. [5]
In the absence of that immense variety of popular entertainments which now feed the public taste and appetite, the people found their chief amusement in frequenting the courts and public and political assemblies. [7]
Even in times of peace bands of horse-thieves and robbers frequently grow too numerous and powerful for the ordinary courts of justice. [7]
The unceasing wheel of industry to-day had pause in the factories, workshops, storehouses and courts of justice, for all sorts and conditions of men were inspired by the same desire to celebrate Hadrian's visit with unheard-of splendor. [10]
The time had not yet arrived when such newspapers dared to attack the probity of our courts, but a system of law that permitted such palpable injustice because of technicalities was bitterly denounced. [9]
The courts, and not provost-marshals, are to decide such questions unless when military necessity makes an exception. [7]
The sheriff did not attempt his retention; but being at least as prudent as he was valiant, he succumbed, leaving Slade the master of the situation and the conqueror and ruler of the courts, law and law-makers. [5]
One may have none of them, and yet be fit for councils and courts. [6]
The royal palace, near by, is a huddle of buildings and courts, that I think nobody can describe or understand, built at different times and in imitation of many styles. [4]
That is what makes it sell and brought it into the courts of justice. [6]
But the people loved justice, upheld the law, and followed the courts, and soon found their favorites among the advocates. [7]
If the husband legally may compel his wife to show him her letters, the courts will before long grant the same privilege to the wife. [4]
In courts of law jurors were required to decide on evidence, without previous study or examination. [7]
Robbery in the law courts, in the army nothing but flogging, drilling, and Military Settlements; the people are tortured, enlightenment is suppressed. [2]
Nothing is better known to history than that courts of justice are utterly incompetent to such cases. [7]
He had no knowledge of laws and courts except what he had picked up since he came into office. [5]
I came to know the justices of these police courts, as well as other judges. [9]
Thus may the King have looked upon Rosamond in her bower; upon a beauty created for the adornment of courts which he had sequestered for his eyes alone. [9]
And they said it would be murder, and punishable by the American courts if he persisted and hung the accused on his ship. [5]
If he did, it seriously shortened his law-study hours and his recreation-time in the courts. [5]
He has waggled it around through various courts and made some booming speeches on it. [5]
I think it is valid in law, and will be so held by the courts. [7]
His first-born son is Earl of Eglington, and has been so these years past; and you, nor his second-best lordship there, nor all the courts in England can alter that. [11]
My grandfather's name is a passport to all the courts in Europe. [5]
He was listening intently to Abdalla's high, clear voice, which rang through the courts of the ruined mosque. [11]
Besides that I intend him to erect gates, courts and halls in the Egyptian style at Tibur, which may remind us of our travels in this wonderful country. [10]
If she is innocent--and she is--do you think she would ever live with you again, after you had dragged her name into the dust of the criminal courts and through the reek of the ha'penny press? [11]
Uncle Jerry was in Washington to explain matters there, and Henderson, with the ablest counsel in the city, was fighting in the courts. [4]
I have walked in the courts of heaven, and held speech with the patriarchs. [5]
What a mistress in ruling herself the marquise had become during her long service at the French and Netherland courts! [10]
There is nothing in royal courts equal to it; rank is exactly settled, and the same individuals always have the precedence. [4]
I know not if all courts in the world are the same, but if so, I am at heart no courtier; though I love the sparkle, the sharp play of wit and word, the very touch-and-go of weapons. [11]
Under these circumstances I have been urgently solicited to establish, by military power, courts to administer summary justice in such cases. [7]
Five times have I go to the courts to listen to murderers tried, and watch them when the Jury say Guilty! [11]
Sir Wendelin continued his way through the passages, chambers, halls, and courts. [10]
First Hadrian made him lead him along the seashore by the Bruchiom to the temple of Poseidon, where he performed some devotions, then he looked into the garden of the palace and the courts of the adjoining museum. [10]
They say that he's follerin' up the courts in the business about old Malachi's estate. [6]
He swore that he would get justice in the courts. [9]
Yet, enraged as he was, he had no wish to fight; to involve himself in a fracas which might end in tragedy and the courts of the land. [11]
At length, when he was sitting one day in unusual dejection and railing at the vanity of courts and kings, Mr. Carvel approached him with a book in his hand. [9]
If any one has a very bad, shamefully corrupt cause to bring before the courts, I most earnestly counsel him to apply to the buttercup man perched on yonder fountain. [10]
Adjoining these great halls devoted especially to the worship of the god, were hundreds of courts, passages, colonnades and rooms, and others not less numerous lay underground. [10]
We in Virginia had heard of two sets of courts in Franklin, of two sets of legislators. [9]
It is especially gratifying that our prize courts, by the impartiality of their adjudications, have commanded the respect and confidence of maritime powers. [7]
He was of good family, son of a judge in one of the higher courts of his State, educated, pleasant, gentle, intelligent. [6]
The poor man goes less and less to the courts. [9]
The police courts furnished the navy with the worst citizens of the country. [11]
The Congress, the executive, and the courts must, each for itself, be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. [7]
I am not exaggerating, for I am withdrawing a fratricide from the courts, nay, am paving the way for him to evade punishment. [10]
Again: While actively engaged in the House of Commons and in the courts of law, he still found leisure for letters and philosophy. [5]
State legislatures were emboldened to pass mischievous and restrictive laws, and much of my time began to be occupied in inducing, by various means, our courts to declare these unconstitutional. [9]
We must prevent each of these things being done by either Congresses or courts. [7]
The drawbridge was down, the great gate stood wide, I entered without challenge, my own heels making the only sound I heard--and it was sepulchral enough, in those huge vacant courts. [5]
Even the courts did not say he was. [11]
There were, likewise, decisions without number handed down by the various courts before and after that celebrated session,--opinions on the validity of leases, on the extension of railroads, on the rights of individual stockholders--all dry reading enough. [9]
Gossip of the Courts said that there was some strange romance behind this tireless pursuit of an inheritance, but he paid no heed. [11]
There are no courts or officers to whom the citizens of other States may apply for the enforcement of their lawful claims against citizens of the insurgent States, and there is a vast amount of debt constituting such claims. [7]
Hear him: "The courts are the tribunals prescribed by the Constitution and created by the authority of the people to determine, expound, and enforce the law. [7]
If one should come to me out of the courts of heaven, and say that there it was declared you were a rogue, I should say heaven was no place for me. [11]
I mention the Coles and Edgar courts in order that if I should not reach Jacksonville at the time named you may understand the reason why. [7]
In 1834 the circuit-court system was again established throughout the State, circuit judges appointed to hold the courts, and the judges of the Supreme Court were relieved from the performance of circuit court duties. [7]
In 1828 a circuit was established north of the Illinois River, in order to meet the wants of the people, and a circuit judge was appointed to hold the courts in that circuit. [7]
He had been careful to begin both of his inquest-statements with the fight, without confessing the grave-robbery that preceded it; therefore it was deemed wisest not to try the case in the courts at present. [5]

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