Weems, James J.

Author: 
Weems, James J.
Digitized Notebooks: 
https://nrs.lib.harvard.edu/urn-3:hls.libr:8235946
Litchfield Ledger: 
http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/2746
Notes: 
464 pp. Each title begins a new numbering sequence; blank pages between titles; written on both sides of page; many insertions of words or phrases; titles end with "Finis." Between the titles of Guardian & Ward and Master & Servant there is an upside down note dated Shreveport, July 1, 1864, to John Lombard, regarding the receipt of a bundle of old newspapers. Following Master & Servant, there is a page of accounts, dated 1861-1865.
Original Repository: 
Harvard Law School Library
Lecture Date Lecturer Opening Line All terms
Notes taken from Lectures delivered by James Gould, Esq. at Litchfield, Connecticut, in the years 1820-21 by Jas. J. Weems. title page
Gould, James The contract of marriage is regarded by common law and the law of this country as a civil contract. Baron & feme, Husband & Wife (No. 37)
Gould, James Different kinds of guardians, their rights & duties. A guardian is a temporary parent; or quasi a temporary parent; in other words, he stands in loco parentis for certain purposes during a child's minority. The child is the ward. Guardian & Ward, Guardian & Ward (No. 39)
Gould, James A servant is one who is subject to the authority of another. A master is one who exercises that authority. Master & Servant, Master & Servant (No. 40)
Gould, James Definition. Blackstone's title is the only elementary title on this subject. It is defined to be a "rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right & prohibiting what is wrong." Municipal law, Municipal law (No. 36)
Gould, James Definition. An infant in law is a minor in our language, that is, any one under 21 years of age, male or female. Parent & child, Parent & Child (No. 38)