...53 L. ed. 150, 158, 29 Sup. Ct. Rep. 69, as follows: "A judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...to all or some part of those subject to its power." While there are many refined distinctions which may arise in distinguishing between the legislative...

...future cannot be deemed the exercise of a judicial power. "A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. Legislation looks to the future and changes existing conditions by making a new rule 2« Prentls v....

...controversies between parties litigant ;°i because a judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts, and under laws supposed to already exist; that is its sole purpose and end.6 Thus, the legislature may determine what private...

...conditions by making a new rule to be applied thereafter; a judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposedly already in existence. Ib. 18. : : Power of Court. Under the Constitution the cpurts have...

...the Constitution of the United States is concerned. ... A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...conditions by making a new rule to be applied thereafter." The inquiry before the County Court is a proceeding to declare and enforce a liability of lands and...

...Land Office, investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts; legislation, on the other hand, looks to the future...conditions by making a new rule to be applied thereafter to those subject to its power. In questions of law decided by customs officials the Supreme Court will...

...v. Atlantic Coast Line Co., 211 US 210, 226, we said: "A judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past...Legislation on the other hand looks to the future Opinion of the Court. and changes existing conditions by making a new rule to be applied thereafter...

...judicial inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts, under laws supposed already to exist. That is its...changes existing conditions by making a new rule to I o applied thereafter.' 596 JUDICIARY 597 "The inquiry before the county court is a proceeding to...

...are legislative. In a leading case it is said that " a judicial inquiry investigates, declares and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts and under laws supposed already to exist. . . . Legislation, on the other hand, looks to the future and changes existing conditions by making...

...inquiry investigates, declares, and enforces liabilities as they stand on present or past facts nnd under laws supposed already to exist. That is its...Legislation, on the other hand, looks to the future •441 *and changes existing conditions by making a new rule to be applied thereafter to all or some...