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... ment is considerably improved , is all that with assurance he can take upon him to say . For an interim gratification of the reader's curiosity before en- tering upon the work , a few particulars shall here be mentioned . The defects of ...
... ment is considerably improved , is all that with assurance he can take upon him to say . For an interim gratification of the reader's curiosity before en- tering upon the work , a few particulars shall here be mentioned . The defects of ...
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... respect to indefinite pay- ment , 265 3. Injustice of common law with respect to rent levied in- definitely , 272 CHAP . VII . Powers of a court of equity to remedy what is defective in common law with respect to a pro- CONTENTS . xi.
... respect to indefinite pay- ment , 265 3. Injustice of common law with respect to rent levied in- definitely , 272 CHAP . VII . Powers of a court of equity to remedy what is defective in common law with respect to a pro- CONTENTS . xi.
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... ment , and to mitigate it , 302 PART II . Powers of a court of equity to remedy the imperfection of common law with respect to matters of justice that are not pecuniary , 315 · CHAP . I. How far a covenant or promise in favour of an ...
... ment , and to mitigate it , 302 PART II . Powers of a court of equity to remedy the imperfection of common law with respect to matters of justice that are not pecuniary , 315 · CHAP . I. How far a covenant or promise in favour of an ...
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... ment , have been reckoned too bold . Thus , among the Romans , many pactions were left upon conscience , without receiving any aid from courts of law : buying and selling only , with a few other covenants essen- tial to commercial ...
... ment , have been reckoned too bold . Thus , among the Romans , many pactions were left upon conscience , without receiving any aid from courts of law : buying and selling only , with a few other covenants essen- tial to commercial ...
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... ment be made to the debtor , verified by an instrument under the hand of a notary , termed an intimation . Before intimation , the legal right is in the cedent , and the assignee has a claim in equity only . In this case , payment made ...
... ment be made to the debtor , verified by an instrument under the hand of a notary , termed an intimation . Before intimation , the legal right is in the cedent , and the assignee has a claim in equity only . In this case , payment made ...
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Page 3 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Page 517 - It is a title, that depends on the authority of the court, whence it issued, and therefore has no coercive authority extra territorium. And yet, as it would be hard to oblige the person, who claims on a decree, to bring a new action against his party in every country, to which...
Page 378 - Non solum res in stipulatum deduci possunt, sed etiam facta, ut si stipulemur aliquid fieri vel non fieri. Et in hujusmodi stipulationibus optimum erit poenam subjicere, ne quantitas stipulationis in incerto sit, ac necesse sit actori probare, quid ejus intersit.
Page 56 - Cheats, which are punishable by the common law, may in general be described to be deceitful practices, in defrauding or endeavouring to defraud another of his known right, by means of some artful device, contrary to the plain rules of common honesty...
Page 509 - English statute cannot be pleaded in Scotland in such a case, but, according to the law of that forum, it may be pleaded that the debt is presumed to have been paid. And it makes an issue, in which the plaintiff in the suit may show that such a presumption does not apply to his demand ; and that...
Page 256 - ... made or created by livery and seisin only, or by parol, and not put in writing, and signed by the parties so making or creating the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only...
Page 517 - A foreign decree, which, by dismissing the claim, affords an exceptio ret judicatee against it, enjoys a more extensive privilege. We not only presume it to be just, but will not admit any evidence of its being unjust. The reasons follow. A decreet-arbitral is final by mutual consent. A judgment-condemnator ought not to be final against the defendant, because he gave no consent.
Page 5 - But law, in this simple form, cannot long continue stationary: for, in the social state, under regular discipline, law ripens gradually with the human faculties; and by ripeness of discernment, and delicacy of sentiment, many duties, formerly neglected, are found to be binding in conscience.
Page 369 - I. such a hard position that it is thought right he should have a utilis actio. 35. Si quis a non domino, quem dominum esse crederet, bona fide fundum emerit vel ex donatione aliave qua justa causa seque bona fide acceperit : naturali ratione placuit, fructus, quos percepit, ejus esse pro cultura et cura. Et ideo si postea dominus supervenerit et fundum vindicet, de fructibus ab eo consumptis agere non potest. Ei vero, qui sciens alienum fundum possederit, non idem concessum est. Itaque cum fundo...
Page 491 - The proper place for punishment is where the crime is committed, and no society takes concern in any crime but what is hurtful to itself;" and recognizing the duty to enforce foreign judgments or decrees for civil debts or damages, adds: "But this includes not a decree decerning for a penalty; because no court reckons itself bound to punish, or to concur in punishing, any delict committed extra territorium.