First give notice.
Second a cease & desist.
Thirdly an order.
Probable Cause
The right of the people to be secure in their property; persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
King Charles I’s Speech at his Trial
January, 1649
I would know by what power I am called hither … I would know by what authority, I mean lawful ; there are many unlawful authorities in the world; thieves and robbers by the high-ways … Remember, I am your King, your lawful King, and what sins you bring upon your heads, and the judgement of God upon this land. Think well upon it, I say, think well upon it, before you go further from one sin to a greater … I have a trust committed to me by God, by old and lawful descent, I will not betray it, to answer a new unlawful authority; therefore resolve me that, and you shall hear more of me.
Render unto Caesar… Caesar’s
Matthew 22:15
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
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tax exemption
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A pound of flesh
The Merchant of Venice
Act 4, Scene 1
Original text
SHYLOCK
These be the Christian husbands. I have a daughter.
Would any of the stock of Barabbas
Had been her husband rather than a Christian!—
We trifle time. I pray thee, pursue sentence.
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in law there are no synonymies
In law there are no synonymies;
If it’s Crown, it’s Crown.
If it’s Queen, it’s Queen.
They are not synonymous.
native
native (n.)
mid-15c., “person born in bondage,” from native (adj.), and in some usages from Medieval Latin nativus, noun use of nativus (adj.).
I’m not required
i, a man, I’m not required under, or by reason of, a law of a State or Territory, to obtain or have a licence or permission, for doing any act or thing in the exercise of my rights or the performance of my powers, which does not wrong or harm another man.
Did you challenge their law?
Did you challenge their law? And say that their law does not protect my rights. Did you say that their law does not afford you the ability to move a court before a trial by jury?
conusance 