The History and Principles of the Law of Evidence as Illustrating Our Social Progress, Page 556

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W. Benning & Company, 1850 - Evidence (Law) - 620 pages

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Page 437 - consideration of marriage, or upon any contract, or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action
Page 224 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of Heavenly
Page 108 - 1351. L'autorité de la chose jugée n'a lieu qu'à l'égard de ce qui a fait l'objet du jugement. Il faut que la chose demandée soit la même; que la demande soit fondée sur la même cause ; que la demande soit entre les mêmes parties, et formée par elles et contre elles en la même qualité. (c.
Page 437 - or miscarriages of another person, or to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage, or upon any contract, or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action
Page 255 - Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and avenger.
Page 438 - unless the buyer accepts and actually receives part of the goods so sold, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum
Page 251 - purpose. You have had a true account of all; and if he has given new occasion to be hanged, certainly he is too dangerous a man to let live, if we can honestly put him out of the way. Think of this, and give me some account of it to-morrow, till when 1 have no more to say to you.
Page 42 - among the Franks. The symbol mentioned in the book of Ruth will occur to the reader " to confirm all things, a man plucked off his shoe and gave it to his neighbour, and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 579 - whenever, by an act of Parliament, any certificate, official or public document, or document or proceeding of any corporation or company, or certified copy of a document, bye-law, entry in a register or other book, or of any other proceeding, shall be receivable " in evidence of any particular," the same shall be admitted, provided
Page 421 - his subjects, and that if he perform not his duty, they are discharged from theirs. " The third : " That if lawful governors become tyrants, or govern otherwise than by the laws of God and man they ought to do, they forfeit the right they had unto their government. " The fourth: " The sovereignty of England is

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