A Treatise on the Statute of Limitations: (21 Jac. I. C. 16.) |
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... entering , and their heirs , shall be utterly excluded and disabled from such entry after to be made ; any former law or statute to the contrary notwith- standing . II . Provided nevertheless , That if any person or persons that is or ...
... entering , and their heirs , shall be utterly excluded and disabled from such entry after to be made ; any former law or statute to the contrary notwith- standing . II . Provided nevertheless , That if any person or persons that is or ...
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... entered immediately on the re- " fusal of the devisee for life to accept the devise is true . But 16 one may have different rights of entry : and although the devisee " for life refuses to accept the estate devised , and the remainder ...
... entered immediately on the re- " fusal of the devisee for life to accept the devise is true . But 16 one may have different rights of entry : and although the devisee " for life refuses to accept the estate devised , and the remainder ...
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... entered ; that they both died , and T. Gwillym their son entered ; -that the tenements are parcel of the manor of W. , which is ancient demesne ; that by the custom there , fines founded on writs of right close are levied in the court ...
... entered ; that they both died , and T. Gwillym their son entered ; -that the tenements are parcel of the manor of W. , which is ancient demesne ; that by the custom there , fines founded on writs of right close are levied in the court ...
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... entered , and the lessor being of the age of twenty - one years , entered upon them . The jury then found the lease , entry , and ouster ; and if , & c . The court were of opinion , that nothing appeared on the record where- by the ...
... entered , and the lessor being of the age of twenty - one years , entered upon them . The jury then found the lease , entry , and ouster ; and if , & c . The court were of opinion , that nothing appeared on the record where- by the ...
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... entered , and therefore this entry was barred by the statute of limitations . As to the second question , it was insisted , that the discontinu- ance , if any , did not determine with the estate for three lives , but still continued to ...
... entered , and therefore this entry was barred by the statute of limitations . As to the second question , it was insisted , that the discontinu- ance , if any , did not determine with the estate for three lives , but still continued to ...
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Page 497 - April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which have not since expired, or been repealed or altered ; and such acts of the Legislature of this State as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this State, subject to such alterations as the Legislature shall make concerning the same.
Page 4 - ... all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty...
Page 483 - In every action for the recovery of real property, or the possession thereof, the person establishing a legal title to the property is presumed to have been possessed thereof within the time required by law, and the occupation of the property by any other person is deemed to have been under and in subordination to "the legal title...
Page 527 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 483 - ... years before the commencement of the act in respect to which such action is prosecuted or defense made.
Page 281 - Enactments or either of them, or to deprive any Party of the Benefit thereof, unless such Acknowledgment or Promise shall be made or contained by or in some Writing to be signed by the Party chargeable thereby...
Page 502 - But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already laws of their own, the king may indeed alter and change those laws; but, till he does actually change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, unless such as are against the law of God, as in the case of an infidel country.
Page 493 - Within the age of twenty-one years ; or, 2. Insane ; or, 3. Imprisoned on a criminal charge, or in execution upon conviction of a criminal offence, for a term less than for life ; or, 4.
Page 4 - ... shall be commenced and sued within the time and limitation herein-after expressed, and not after...
Page 484 - ... being a conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the decree or judgment of a competent court, and that there has been a continued occupation and possession of the premises included in such instrument, decree, or judgment, or of some part of such premises, under such claim, for five years, the premises so included shall be deemed to have been held adversely...