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· 2/23/1832

Cox and Dick v. United States

Citations

  • 31 U.S. 172
  • 8 L. Ed. 359
  • 6 Pet. 172
  • 1832 U.S. LEXIS 466

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  • a law ought not to be so construed as to require of a party a mere idle ceremony

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Judges: Thompson

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