The Canadian Law Times, Volume 33Carswell, 1914 - Law From 1900 to 1908 includes the "Annual digest of Canadian cases ... decided in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in the Supreme and Exchequer Courts of Canada, and in the courts of the provinces ... Edited by Edward B. Brown." |
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... shew towards his dog or horse ; given this not uncom- mon state of affairs , and then consider that such relationship may and likely will continue through many years until a tribunal beyond the Courts of law cuts the tie and gives ...
... shew towards his dog or horse ; given this not uncom- mon state of affairs , and then consider that such relationship may and likely will continue through many years until a tribunal beyond the Courts of law cuts the tie and gives ...
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... The sins of the erring wife or the brutality of the husband are never fully known to the public . A Divorce Court alone can shew something of the facts following an unfortunate marriage , but 1913 ] 5 A DIVORCE COURT IN CANADA .
... The sins of the erring wife or the brutality of the husband are never fully known to the public . A Divorce Court alone can shew something of the facts following an unfortunate marriage , but 1913 ] 5 A DIVORCE COURT IN CANADA .
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... shew ? We can arrive at no reasonable conclusion as to the proportion of divorces to mar- riages . It is assumed by some writers to be as one to fifteen . As to this , it is clear on examining the facts that no such pro- portion exists ...
... shew ? We can arrive at no reasonable conclusion as to the proportion of divorces to mar- riages . It is assumed by some writers to be as one to fifteen . As to this , it is clear on examining the facts that no such pro- portion exists ...
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... shew that there has been a large reduction in the amount of insolvency throughout the country since the present sys- tem came into force . The matters of complaint and sug- gestions for reform of the law which we have had to deal with ...
... shew that there has been a large reduction in the amount of insolvency throughout the country since the present sys- tem came into force . The matters of complaint and sug- gestions for reform of the law which we have had to deal with ...
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... shew such large profits , some of them over 20 per cent . per annum , after hiding away large sums in various ways . If an obscure chattel mortgagee were to let it be known that he made 20 per cent . on his investments he would be in ...
... shew such large profits , some of them over 20 per cent . per annum , after hiding away large sums in various ways . If an obscure chattel mortgagee were to let it be known that he made 20 per cent . on his investments he would be in ...
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Page 229 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of Treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...
Page 70 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Page 741 - For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations...
Page 359 - Columbia and any of the states or territories and any foreign nation or nations shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or in case of the death of such employee to his or her personal representative for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee, and if none, then of such employee's parents, and if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee...
Page 1156 - I understand the principle of all fiscal legislation, it is this: if the person sought to be taxed comes within the letter of the law he must be taxed, however great the hardship may appear to the judicial mind to be. On the other hand, if the Crown, seeking to recover the tax, cannot bring the subject within the letter of the law, the subject is free, however apparently within the spirit of the law the case might otherwise appear to be.
Page 226 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 363 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 145 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 747 - The contracting powers agree to prohibit, for a period extending to the close of the Third Peace Conference, the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature.
Page 771 - The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining the rules by which men should be governed.