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In the civil law. One who, by a simple agreement, becomes responsible for the payment of another's debt. … [Read more...] about CONSTITUTOR

Section 2 State citizens, Extradition The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be … [Read more...] about CONSTITUTION OF THE US ARTICLE 4 SECTION 2

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