When religious books, or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be considered as referred to, unless the meaning is so limited by associated words or circumstances as to show that the speaker or writer had reference to some other mode of worship. Simpson v. Welcome, 72 Me. 500, 39 Am. Rep. 349. Religions … [Read more...]

Law that deals with the enforcement of one's rights and remedies. … [Read more...]

The constitution of the United States, art. 6, s. 3, de-clares that no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust under the United States. 2. This clause was introduced for the double purpose of satisfying the scruples of many respectable persons, who feel an invincible repugnance to any religious test or affirmation, and to cut off … [Read more...]

A statute that exists to correct an existing law. … [Read more...]

practice. A forsaking, abandoning, or giving over a right; for example, a plaintiff may relinquish a bad count in a declaration, and proceed on the good: a man may relinquish a part of his claim in order to give a court jurisdiction. … [Read more...]