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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... possessed of a con- stitution equal to the fatigues attending the most extensive busi- ness of the profession , he might probably have obtained its most lucrative emoluments and highest offices . The offer of the Soli- citor ...
... possessed of a con- stitution equal to the fatigues attending the most extensive busi- ness of the profession , he might probably have obtained its most lucrative emoluments and highest offices . The offer of the Soli- citor ...
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... possessed of the happy faculty of making his own company agreeable and instructive , whilst he enjoyed without reserve the society of others . Melancthon himself could not have been more rigid in observing the hour and minute of an ...
... possessed of the happy faculty of making his own company agreeable and instructive , whilst he enjoyed without reserve the society of others . Melancthon himself could not have been more rigid in observing the hour and minute of an ...
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... possessed . A natural reserve and diffidence which accompanied him from his earliest youth , and which he could never shake off , appeared to a casual observer , though it was only appearance , like pride ; especially after he became a ...
... possessed . A natural reserve and diffidence which accompanied him from his earliest youth , and which he could never shake off , appeared to a casual observer , though it was only appearance , like pride ; especially after he became a ...
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... possession was drawn to the use , where- by uses were no longer deviseable . The stat . 32 and 35 Hen . 8 , gave leave to devise , in writing made during the life of the de- visor , two thirds ; which the stat . 12 Car . 2 , extended to ...
... possession was drawn to the use , where- by uses were no longer deviseable . The stat . 32 and 35 Hen . 8 , gave leave to devise , in writing made during the life of the de- visor , two thirds ; which the stat . 12 Car . 2 , extended to ...
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... possession of the house . She moved for an information for this breach of the peace , con- trary to the articles of 1737 . But per LEE , C. J. , FOSTER and DENISON , JS . - Articles must be supposed articles of reconciliation , not of ...
... possession of the house . She moved for an information for this breach of the peace , con- trary to the articles of 1737 . But per LEE , C. J. , FOSTER and DENISON , JS . - Articles must be supposed articles of reconciliation , not of ...
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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.