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In the civil law. An agreement to pay a subsisting debt which exists without any stipulation, whether of the promisor or another party. It differs from a stipulation in that it must be for an existing debt. Du Cange Constitutum esse eam domum unicuique nostrum debere existimari, ubi debere existimari, ubi quisque sedes et tabulas haberet; suarumque rerum constitutionem … [Read more...] about CONSTITUTUM

Section 3 New States New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. The Congress shall have Power to … [Read more...] about CONSTITUTION OF THE US ARTICLE 4 SECTION 3

In the civil and Scottish law, by this term is understood what, in the common law, is known by the name of duress. 2. It is a general rule, that when one is compelled into a contract, there is no effectual consent, though, ostensibly, there is the form of it. In such case the contract will be declared void. 3. The constraint requisite thus to annul a contract, must be a vis aut … [Read more...] about CONSTRAINT

Section 4 Republican government The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. … [Read more...] about CONSTITUTION OF THE US ARTICLE 4 SECTION 4

To build; erect; put together; make ready for use. Morse v. WestPort, 110 Mo. 502, 19 S. W. 831; Contas v. Bradford, 206 Pa. 291, 55 Atl. 989. Construotio legis non facit injuriam. The construction of the law (a construction made by the law) works no Injury. Co. Litt 183; Broom, Max. 603. The law will make such a construction of an instrument as not to Injure a party. … [Read more...] about CONSTRUCT