Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia, Volume 2Vernon Law Book Company, 1914 - Law |
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Page 1179
... execute a trust , whether from the legal insufficiency or defective execution of the instrument creating it , the uncertainty of the object , or the lack of a person to take as cestui que trust . It is a doctrine of equity that a trust ...
... execute a trust , whether from the legal insufficiency or defective execution of the instrument creating it , the uncertainty of the object , or the lack of a person to take as cestui que trust . It is a doctrine of equity that a trust ...
Page 1188
... execution of deeds is admissible , and a deed otherwise invalid would be good evidence if it formed a component part of such arrangement ; Jourdan v . Jourdan , 9 S. & R. ( Pa . ) 268 , 11 Am . Dec. 724. See FAMILY MEETING . FAMILY ...
... execution of deeds is admissible , and a deed otherwise invalid would be good evidence if it formed a component part of such arrangement ; Jourdan v . Jourdan , 9 S. & R. ( Pa . ) 268 , 11 Am . Dec. 724. See FAMILY MEETING . FAMILY ...
Page 1198
... execution of his office , or for professional services , as those of a counsellor or physician . Cowell . Fees differ from costs in this , that the former are , as above mentioned , a recompense to the officer for his services ; and the ...
... execution of his office , or for professional services , as those of a counsellor or physician . Cowell . Fees differ from costs in this , that the former are , as above mentioned , a recompense to the officer for his services ; and the ...
Page 1217
... execution which the law allows in certain cases after the rendition of the judg- ment , or by proceedings in error . The execution , being founded on the judg- ment , must , of course , follow and be war- ranted by it ; 2 Saund . 72 h ...
... execution which the law allows in certain cases after the rendition of the judg- ment , or by proceedings in error . The execution , being founded on the judg- ment , must , of course , follow and be war- ranted by it ; 2 Saund . 72 h ...
Page 1218
... execution , issory notes ; but it is otherwise now , by shall bind the property of the goods of the stat . 1 & 2 Vict . c . 110 , § 12 , and 3 & 4 Vict . party against whom such writ of execution c . 82 ; and this is now the law of many ...
... execution , issory notes ; but it is otherwise now , by shall bind the property of the goods of the stat . 1 & 2 Vict . c . 110 , § 12 , and 3 & 4 Vict . party against whom such writ of execution c . 82 ; and this is now the law of many ...
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Page 1591 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 1226 - We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes, brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it at his peril, and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 1258 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Page 1558 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any promise made after full age to pay any debt contracted during infancy, or upon any ratification made after full age of any promise or contract made during infancy, whether there shall or shall not be any new consideration for such promise or ratification after full age.
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Page 1297 - Amendment, broad and comprehensive as it is, nor any other amendment was designed to interfere with the power of the state, sometimes termed its "police power," to prescribe regulations to promote the health, peace, morals, education, and good order of the people, and to legislate so as to increase the industries of the state, develop its resources and add to its wealth and prosperity.
Page 1550 - Where the holder of an instrument payable to his order transfers it for value without indorsing it, the transfer vests in the transferee such title as the transferor had therein, and the transferee acquires, in addition, the right to have the indorsement of the transferor. But for the purpose of determining whether the transferee is a holder in due course, the negotiation takes effect as of the time when the indorsement is actually made.
Page 1252 - drug" as used in this act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man or other animals. The term "food...
Page 1308 - ... the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.