Vacancy, in legislature, how filled, 40 in United States senate, how filled, 110, 111 Venire issuing of, 67 Verdict, defined, and how rendered, 67 Vermont, constitution of, 241 Vessels, registry, and measurement of, 120 Veto, defined, 47 Veto, in different states, (see State Constitutions.) Villages, incorporation and government of, 61 Virginia, constitution of, 253 Viva voce, voting by, 34 Voters, qualifications of, in different states, (see State Constitutions.) War, power of congress to declare, 128 offensive and defensive, 228, 231 causes and objects of, 228, 229 reprisals in, 229, 230 alliances in, 230, 231 how declared, 231 effect of, on the enemy's subjects, 232 stratagems in, 233 privateering and prizes, 233, 234 truces in, 237 Warrant, prosecution by, 69 Weights and measures, 59, 125 Wills and testaments, 177, 179 Wisconsin, constitution of, 275 Questions Chapter I. §1. What is the natural state of mankind? §2. What renders them mutually dependent? By what means are they enabled to supply their wants? §3. Why should every man labor for himself? §4. What comes from this arrangement? §5. How are the rights of men secured to them? §6. What is _law_? §7. For what else than society are mankind fitted by nature? Define _moral_. §8. What is implied in man's having a moral nature? §9. What qualities or faculties in mankind fit them for government and law? §10. What is a state or nation? §11. What is the object of forming state associations? What is meant by _civil government_? Chapter II. §2. Define the word _right_. May we do whatever we please? §3. Why are rights called _natural_? Why _inalienable_? How may they be lost? §4. What are _personal_ rights? Define rights of person and right of property. State the distinction between personal rights and the rights of person. §5. Define _political_ rights. What particular rights are political? §6. What are _civil_ rights? §7. _Religious_ rights? What else are they called? §8. Under what general term are the different rights embraced? §9. What is _liberty_? Political, civil, and religious liberty? §10. What is the difference between _right_ and _liberty_? §11. What does this example further explain? Chapter III. §1. Define _law_. By what names are laws distinguished? §2. Define the _law of nature_. §3. From what does the law of nature arise? §4. What is meant by the _moral law_? §5. Define _political law_. §6. Define _municipal_. How are municipal or civil laws distinguished from political? §7. Ought the divine law in all cases to be obeyed? §8. Why then are human laws necessary? §9. Can you give any other reason? §10. What measure of love is due to the Creator and our fellow men respectively? §11. What are the characteristics of this law of love? Chapter IV. §1. What were the earliest governments? Define _patriarch_. §2. What was the government of the Hebrews called? Define _theocracy_.