A Practical View of the Statute Law of Scotland: From the Year MCCCCXXIV, to the Close of the Session of Parliament MDCCCXXVII, in a Series of Titles, Alphabetically Arranged, Volume 2Bell & Bradfute and Thomas M. Shiells, 1828 - Law |
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Page 40
... shires within which they are justices , and at the ordinary place and hour of meeting , upon the twenty - first days of the said months of July and February respectively yearly , being lawful days , or on the next lawful day 40 ...
... shires within which they are justices , and at the ordinary place and hour of meeting , upon the twenty - first days of the said months of July and February respectively yearly , being lawful days , or on the next lawful day 40 ...
Page 47
... shire , city or place , from whence the jury is to come , of the yearly value of five pounds at the least , or shall be then worth in goods , chattels and personal estate , the sum of two hundred pounds Sterling at least , shall be ...
... shire , city or place , from whence the jury is to come , of the yearly value of five pounds at the least , or shall be then worth in goods , chattels and personal estate , the sum of two hundred pounds Sterling at least , shall be ...
Page 57
... shire shall be held to be sheriff : And it is hereby provided and declared , That it shall and may be law- ful for any such commission of oyer and terminer , to sit in any town or place in any of the several counties so held to be one ...
... shire shall be held to be sheriff : And it is hereby provided and declared , That it shall and may be law- ful for any such commission of oyer and terminer , to sit in any town or place in any of the several counties so held to be one ...
Page 103
... shires of this kingdom to Parliament , and who are capable to be commissioners to Parliaments , and that it is necessar for ... shire , including the first and last dayes of the Parlia- ment , together with eight dayes for their comming ...
... shires of this kingdom to Parliament , and who are capable to be commissioners to Parliaments , and that it is necessar for ... shire , including the first and last dayes of the Parlia- ment , together with eight dayes for their comming ...
Page 104
... shire , be lyable and oblieged in the payment of the said allowance , excepting noblemen and their vassals . For payment of which , all execution of horning , poynding and quartering is to passe , as for raising of the excise , and that ...
... shire , be lyable and oblieged in the payment of the said allowance , excepting noblemen and their vassals . For payment of which , all execution of horning , poynding and quartering is to passe , as for raising of the excise , and that ...
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Page 72 - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Page 116 - A Senator shall not be capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 309 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, npon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 69 - An act to amend an act made in the third year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, " An act for the better " explanation and supplying the defects of the former laws " for the settlement of the poor...
Page 6 - ... further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to extend to...
Page 311 - An act for exempting their majesties' protestant subjects dissenting from the church of England, from the penalties of certain laws...
Page 164 - ... to the person who shall sue for the same, and the other to the use of the United States, to be recovered by suit in any district court of the United States, within whose jurisdiction such offense may have been committed.
Page 124 - Heirs or Successors shall declare her or their Pleasure for holding the First or any subsequent Parliament of Great Britain until the Parliament of Great Britain shall make further provision therein a Writ do issue under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom...
Page 254 - Geo. 3, с. 37, it is declared that a witness cannot by law refuse to answer a question relevant to the matter in issue, the answering of which has no tendency to accuse himself...
Page 383 - King and of his people; and if a man slay the chancellor, treasurer, or the King's justices of the one bench or the other, justices in eyre, or justices of assize, and all other justices assigned to hear and determine, being in their places, doing their offices.