Legal
vs. Lawful
Lawful =
Good. Whereas Legal = a minefield the stealing of our rights, and
freedoms. (if you do not know your Rights, then you don’t have any!)
Law
Maxim "Let he who will be deceived.. be deceived"
Law
Maxim "He who does not claim his rights..has no rights"
Law Maxim Le contrat fait la loi. "The contract makes the law."
Law Maxim Lex semper dabit remedium. "The law always gives a remedy." 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2411.
Legal
versus Lawful! What does that mean? You may ask, are they not one, and the
same? If something is lawful, does it not follow that it is also legal?
The answer is most definitely NO!
LAW OF
NATURE defined: The law of nature is that which God, the sovereign of
the universe, has prescribed to all men, not by any formal promulgation, but by
the internal dictate of reason alone. It is discovered by a just consideration
of the agreeableness or disagreeableness of human actions to the nature of man;
and it comprehends all the duties which we owe either to the Supreme Being, to
ourselves, or to our neighbors; as reverence to God, self-defence, temperance,
honor to our parents, benevolence to all, a strict adherence to our
engagements, gratitude, and the like. Erskine's Pr. of L. of Scot. B. 1, t. 1,
s. 1. See Ayl. Pand. tit. 2, p. 5; Cicer. de Leg. lib. 1. 2. The primitive laws
of nature may be reduced to six, namely: 1. Comparative sagacity, or reason. 2.
Self-love. 3. The attraction of the sexes to each other. 4. The tenderness of
parents towards their children. 5. The religious sentiment. 6.
Sociability. 3.-1. When man is properly organized, he is able to discover
moral good from moral evil; and the study of man proves that man is not only an
intelligent, but a free being, and he is therefore responsible for his actions.
The judgment we form of our good actions produces happiness; on the contrary
the judgment we form of our bad actions produces unhappiness. 4.-2. Every
animated being is impelled by nature to his own preservation, to defend his
life and body from injuries, to shun what may be hurtful, and to provide all
things requisite to his existence. Hence the duty to watch over his own
preservation. Suicide and duelling are therefore contrary to this law; and a
man cannot mutilate himself, nor renounce his liberty. 5.-3. The attraction of
the sexes has been provided for the preservation of the human race, and this
law condemns celibacy. The end of marriage proves that polygamy, (q.v.) and
polyendry, (q.v.) are contrary to the law of nature. Hence it follows that the
husband and wife have a mutual and exclusive right over each other. 6.-4. Man
from his birth is wholly unable to provide for the least of his necessities;
but the love of his parents supplies for this weakness. This is one of the most
powerful laws of nature. The principal duties it imposes on the parents, are to
bestow on the child all the care its weakness requires, to provide for its
necessary food and clothing, to instruct it, to provide for its wants, and to
use coercive means for its good, when requisite. 7.-5. The religious sentiment,
which leads us naturally towards the Supreme Being, is one of the attributes,
which belong to humanity alone; and its importance gives it the rank of the
moral law of nature. From this sentiment arise all the sects and different
forms of worship among men. 8.-6. The need which man feels to live in society
is one of the primitive laws of nature, whence flow our duties and rights; and
the existence of society depends upon the condition that the rights of all
shall be respected. On this law are based the assistance, succors and good
offices which men owe to each other, they being unable to provide each every
thing for himself. A Law Dictionary Adapted To The Constitution And
Laws Of The United States Of America And Of The Several States Of The American
Union by: John Bouvier Revised Sixth Edition, 1856
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