The Law Students' First Book, Being Chiefly an Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries; Incorporating the Alterations in the Law Down to the Present Time |
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... digested by writers of approved autho- rity . The reports and books ( called text - books ) are now very numerous and of very various authority . PARTICULAR CUSTOMS , ETC. 3 The reports are received in 2 COMMON LAW OF ENGLAND .
... digested by writers of approved autho- rity . The reports and books ( called text - books ) are now very numerous and of very various authority . PARTICULAR CUSTOMS , ETC. 3 The reports are received in 2 COMMON LAW OF ENGLAND .
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... writing before they are enacted , or receive any binding power ; every such law being in the first instance formally drawn up in writing , and made as it were a tripartite indenture between the King , the Lords , and the Commons ; for ...
... writing before they are enacted , or receive any binding power ; every such law being in the first instance formally drawn up in writing , and made as it were a tripartite indenture between the King , the Lords , and the Commons ; for ...
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... writing made by them may be avoided ; in matters of fait , either within age or at full age ; but if they be matters of record , they must be avoided during minority ; as to con- veyances by infants , there is this distinction , that ...
... writing made by them may be avoided ; in matters of fait , either within age or at full age ; but if they be matters of record , they must be avoided during minority ; as to con- veyances by infants , there is this distinction , that ...
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... writing libels against him ; and 3dly , by preferring malicious indictments or prosecutions against him ; the remedies for which will be severally considered in the subsequent parts of this work . CHAP . V. THE SOVEREIGN . [ See 1 Bl.
... writing libels against him ; and 3dly , by preferring malicious indictments or prosecutions against him ; the remedies for which will be severally considered in the subsequent parts of this work . CHAP . V. THE SOVEREIGN . [ See 1 Bl.
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... writing by writs or letters patent , as in the creation of peers and baronets ; or by corpo- real investiture , as in the creation of a simple knight . From the same principle also arises the prerogative of erecting and disposing of ...
... writing by writs or letters patent , as in the creation of peers and baronets ; or by corpo- real investiture , as in the creation of a simple knight . From the same principle also arises the prerogative of erecting and disposing of ...
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Page 221 - ... such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 421 - Having heard the evidence do you wish to say anything in answer to ;the charge you are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so but whatever you do say will be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence...
Page 387 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action to recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 275 - It seems that an assault is an attempt, or offer, with force and violence, to do a corporal hurt to another; as by striking at him with, or without, a weapon; or presenting a gun at him, at...
Page 451 - That all actions and proceedings which before the passing of this act might have been brought in any of her Majesty's superior Courts of record where the plaintiff dwells more than twenty miles from the defendant, or where the cause of action did not arise wholly or in some material point within the jurisdiction of the Court within which the defendant dwells or carries on his business at the time of the action brought...
Page 15 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Page 426 - ... or vice versa, nor for that any person mentioned in the indictment is designated by a name of office, or other descriptive appellation, instead of his proper name, nor for omitting to state the time at which the offence was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offence, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor...
Page 65 - It is to be observed, that, in order to constitute a legal wreck, the goods must come to land. If they continue at sea, the law distinguishes them by the barbarous and uncouth appellations of jetsam, flotsam, and ligan.
Page 184 - The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living.
Page 426 - ... nor for omitting to state the time at which the offence was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offence, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offence to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the indictment, or on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened...