The Law Magazine: Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, Volume 27Saunders and Benning, 1842 - Law |
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... insolvent in less than three years ; and we could name a leading radical , who says that he never knew a man imprisoned for a political offence ( and he has known many ) who did not come out of prison a better man , physically , than he ...
... insolvent in less than three years ; and we could name a leading radical , who says that he never knew a man imprisoned for a political offence ( and he has known many ) who did not come out of prison a better man , physically , than he ...
Page 143
... Insolvent Debtors ' Act , the painful labour of several sessions . The draft of the original scheme was crude and undigested , but its author proved to demonstration the impolitic cruelty of the law , as it was then administered , and ...
... Insolvent Debtors ' Act , the painful labour of several sessions . The draft of the original scheme was crude and undigested , but its author proved to demonstration the impolitic cruelty of the law , as it was then administered , and ...
Page 169
... insolvent's estate , for a debt contracted by them as such with the plaintiffs , it was proved that H. called at the plaintiff's counting house , and was shown the account in the ledger by their clerk ; that he objected to one or two ...
... insolvent's estate , for a debt contracted by them as such with the plaintiffs , it was proved that H. called at the plaintiff's counting house , and was shown the account in the ledger by their clerk ; that he objected to one or two ...
Page 195
... INSOLVENT . 1. ( Execution against . ) B. , being indebted to C. in the sum of 421. , gave him a bill of exchange , drawn by one P. on and accepted by him B. for that amount . B. afterwards took the benefit of the Insolvent Act , and ...
... INSOLVENT . 1. ( Execution against . ) B. , being indebted to C. in the sum of 421. , gave him a bill of exchange , drawn by one P. on and accepted by him B. for that amount . B. afterwards took the benefit of the Insolvent Act , and ...
Page 215
... insolvent , to the plaintiff's knowledge . The bill of lading was indorsed by L. T. to the plaintiff as follows ( the indorsement being without date ) : - - " I do hereby order that Captain J. do deliver the possession of the within ...
... insolvent , to the plaintiff's knowledge . The bill of lading was indorsed by L. T. to the plaintiff as follows ( the indorsement being without date ) : - - " I do hereby order that Captain J. do deliver the possession of the within ...
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Page 266 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction...
Page 149 - ... him, her, or them to the use of such consignee or consignees, in the like manner to all intents and purposes...
Page 117 - ... shall be in some particular or particulars in the judgment of such court or judge not material to the merits of the case, but such as that the opposite party may have been prejudiced thereby in the conduct of his action, prosecution, or defence...
Page 328 - Lordships, which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind, that an advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his client, knows in the discharge of that office but one person in the world — that client and none other. To save that client by all expedient means, to protect that client at all hazards and costs to all others, and among others to himself, is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties ; and he must not regard the alarm, the suffering, the torment, the...
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Page 207 - An act to amend and render more effectual an act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, "An act to amend the acts for building and promoting the building of additional churches in populous parishes...
Page 149 - ... and for default of such issue, to the use of the second, third, fourth, fifth, and all and every other the son and sons of the body of the said...
Page 383 - And in /. for money then and there received by the defendant, for the use of the plaintiff: And in i for money found to be due from the defendant to the plaintiff, on an account then and there stated between them: And whereas the defendant afterwards, on, &c.
Page 166 - ... should be demanded, the payee should produce the necessary papers and indenture to prove that the girl was a slave or bound to service under the laws of the State...
Page 43 - To understand the meaning of any writer, we must first be apprised of the persons and circumstances that are the subjects of his allusions or statements; and if these are not fully disclosed in his work, we must look for illustration to the history of the times in which he wrote, and to the works of contemporaneous authors. All the facts and circumstances, therefore, respecting persons or property, to which the will relates, are undoubtedly legitimate, and often necessary evidence, to enable us to...