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Page 229 - The outcome has been the formulation and general acceptance of a theory of universal development from the simple to the complex, from the homogeneous to the...
Page 48 - Conveyance Infringement Slander of Title Defamation Slander Libel Contribution Intimidation Accident Injury Misrepresentation Nonfeasance Nuisance Negligence Malfeasance False Imprisonment Malicious Prosecution Mayhem Pollution of Watercourses Criminal Conversation Employer's Liability Fellow-Servants 2. CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE. In English jurisprudence, three distinct systems of procedure, corresponding and adapted to distinct systems of jurisprudence, were developed respectively by the courts...
Page 40 - ... abnormal conditions, such as crimes, and with the methods of enforcement of legal rights. Both of these classifications are severally divided into Public Law and Private Law. The title, Public Law, is applied to those subjects which have to do with the relations of individuals to the various branches of government. Private Law includes the rules governing the relations of individuals to each other, and their rights in and over property. While, for some purposes, Substantive and Remedial Law are...
Page 145 - In etching, the plate is covered with the ground, usually a varnish, into which the design is scratched with an etching-needle. The plate is then immersed in an acid, which eats the design into the metal. The finishing touches are often done by the dry-point process, a simple scratching of the plate without the use of ground or acid. Etching upon steel armor, etc., was practiced in the Middle Ages. Diirer was one of the first to use etching for printing purposes, and the art reached its highest development...
Page 48 - ... procedure, corresponding and adapted to distinct systems of jurisprudence, were developed respectively by the courts of common law, the courts of chancery, and the courts of admiralty. The common law procedure is much older than the procedure in either equity or admiralty, as practiced by the English courts, the curia regis, — which was the forerunner of the English Courts of Exchequer, Common Pleas, and King's Bench, in which the common law procedure was developed, — having been established...
Page 59 - ... Ownership See also statistics of Commerce and Railways under the various countries, as UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, CHILE, etc. 2. LABOR AND CAPITAL : Trade Unions Labor Organizations Knights of Labor Labor, American Federation of Railway Brotherhoods Typographical Union of North America Letter-Carriers, National Association of Metal Trades Association Miners, Western Federation of Mine Workers of America Labor Representation Committee Strikes and Lockouts Industrial Arbitration and Conciliation...
Page 273 - Warren, John Collins Amussat, Jean Zulema Hall, Marshall Bright, Richard Miiller, Johannes Forbes, Sir John Francis, John Wakefield Wagner, Rudolph Mott, Valentine Quain, Jones Lawrence, Sir William Flourens, Marie Jean Pierre Goodsir, John Morton, William Thomas Green Syme, James Simpson, Sir James Young Parrish, Edward Holland, Sir Henry Winslow, Forbes (Benignus) Andral, Gabriel Rokitansky, Karl, Baron Bernard, Claude Peaslee, Edmund Randolph Long, Crawford W. Wood, George Bacon Taylor, Alfred...
Page 60 - Federal 5. TAXATION AND FINANCE: Finance Tax, Taxation Debt, Public Independent Treasury Repudiation Tariff Customs Duties Excise Internal Revenue System Budget Income Tax Land Tax Special Assessment Single Tax See also sections on Finance under the various countries, as UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, BRAZIL, etc. 6. INSURANCE AND SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS : Insurance Life Insurance Fraternal Insurance Fire Insurance Marine Insurance Friendly Societies Workingmen's Insurance Tontine Underwriter Annuity...