Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-hall, from 1746 to 1779, Volume 1S. Sweet, R. Pheney, 1828 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... afterwards both Fellows of New Col- lege , Oxford ; Charles is still living , a Fellow of Winchester , and Vicar of Wimering in Hampshire : Henry , after having practised physic for some years , went into holy orders , and died in 1778 ...
... afterwards both Fellows of New Col- lege , Oxford ; Charles is still living , a Fellow of Winchester , and Vicar of Wimering in Hampshire : Henry , after having practised physic for some years , went into holy orders , and died in 1778 ...
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... afterwards reduced his thoughts on that subject into a small treatise ; and was prevailed on by Sir Charles Mordaunt , and other members of Parliament , who had brought in a bill to decide that controverted point , to publish it in ...
... afterwards reduced his thoughts on that subject into a small treatise ; and was prevailed on by Sir Charles Mordaunt , and other members of Parliament , who had brought in a bill to decide that controverted point , to publish it in ...
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... afterwards prefixed to the first Volume of his Commentaries . His Lectures had now gained such universal applause , that he was requested by a noble personage , who superintended the edu- cation of our present Sovereign , then Prince of ...
... afterwards prefixed to the first Volume of his Commentaries . His Lectures had now gained such universal applause , that he was requested by a noble personage , who superintended the edu- cation of our present Sovereign , then Prince of ...
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... afterwards gone through a second revisal by a gentleman of the profession , who , at the Editor's request , undertook to ex- amine the quotations from reports , and other authors , in order to give to the world as complete a copy as ...
... afterwards gone through a second revisal by a gentleman of the profession , who , at the Editor's request , undertook to ex- amine the quotations from reports , and other authors , in order to give to the world as complete a copy as ...
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... afterwards made to plead the act of grace , 7 Geo . I. in stay of execution , but the foundation of the plea being very slender , it was dropt . And the prisoner at the bar , by the name of Charles Radcliffe , was ordered for execu ...
... afterwards made to plead the act of grace , 7 Geo . I. in stay of execution , but the foundation of the plea being very slender , it was dropt . And the prisoner at the bar , by the name of Charles Radcliffe , was ordered for execu ...
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Page 34 - This is properly a criminal method of prosecution, as well to punish the usurper by a fine for the usurpation of the franchise, as to oust him, or seize it for the crown; but hath long been applied to the mere purposes of trying the civil right, seizing the franchise or ousting the wrongful possessor; the fine being nominal only.
Page 191 - When a ship is driven on shore, it is the duty of the master either to repair his ship, or to procure another; and having performed the voyage, he is then entitled to his freight ; but he is not entitled to the whole freight, unless he perform the whole voyage, except in cases where the owner of the goods prevents him ; nor is he entitled pro rata unless under a new agreement.
Page 672 - Honor directed a case to be stated for the opinion of the Court of King's Bench.
Page 405 - I. c. 11.) the presumption of the duration of life, with respect to persons of whom no account can be given, ends at the expiration of seven years from the time when they were last known to be living.
Page 301 - Now upon the Best Consideration I have been able to give this Matter, I am very clear of Opinion, that at the Trial, I ought not to have admitted the Evidence of Usage. But the Point of Law is here settled...
Page 468 - The policy is founded on mifreprefentation : the fhip is infured " at and from Genoa to Dublin ; the adventure to begin " from the loading, to equip for this voyage.
Page 358 - ... might happen within the year; but where it appears by the whole tenor of the agreement that it is to be performed after the year, there a note is necessary.
Page 304 - Taylor it was found, by the special verdict, "that before the reign of her late majesty, Queen Anne, it was usual to purchase from authors the perpetual copyright of their books, and to assign the same from hand to hand for valuable consideration, and to make the same the subject, of family settlements, for the provision of wives and children.