The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the British Law: Defining and Interpreting the Terms Or Words of Art, and Comprising Also Copious Information on the Subjects of Trade and Government, Volume 1J. and W. T. Clarke; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1835 - Law |
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... given against him . 2 Hawk . P. C. 277 ; and see the authorities there cited . Upon a judgment in waste for the damages recovered , the defendant demurs partly in abatement , and partly in bar , the court shall give judgment in chief ...
... given against him . 2 Hawk . P. C. 277 ; and see the authorities there cited . Upon a judgment in waste for the damages recovered , the defendant demurs partly in abatement , and partly in bar , the court shall give judgment in chief ...
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... given . Thus the obligor is not bound to pay money upon a single bond , except an acquittance be given him by the obligee ; nor is he obliged to pay the money before he hath the acquittance . But in case of an obligation with a ...
... given . Thus the obligor is not bound to pay money upon a single bond , except an acquittance be given him by the obligee ; nor is he obliged to pay the money before he hath the acquittance . But in case of an obligation with a ...
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... given beyond sea , where an Englishman flies or comes over hither , by imprisonment of the party , who shall not be delivered by the common law . 1 Roll . Ab . 530. When sentence is given in a foreign ad- miralty , the party may libel ...
... given beyond sea , where an Englishman flies or comes over hither , by imprisonment of the party , who shall not be delivered by the common law . 1 Roll . Ab . 530. When sentence is given in a foreign ad- miralty , the party may libel ...
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... given , all is void . 1 Inst . 158 : see contra , 1 Salk . 541 : 2 Con . 23 . The right of donation descends to the heir ( the ancestor dying seised , where the church became void in his lifetime ) and not to the executor ; which it ...
... given , all is void . 1 Inst . 158 : see contra , 1 Salk . 541 : 2 Con . 23 . The right of donation descends to the heir ( the ancestor dying seised , where the church became void in his lifetime ) and not to the executor ; which it ...
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... given judgment , leave is sometimes given to amend . Stra . 954 : Tidd , 710 . Pleas and replications may also be amended in the same manner . Lord Raym . 1441 . After verdict found on some issues , and demurrer argued as to others ...
... given judgment , leave is sometimes given to amend . Stra . 954 : Tidd , 710 . Pleas and replications may also be amended in the same manner . Lord Raym . 1441 . After verdict found on some issues , and demurrer argued as to others ...
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Page 88 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 78 - That if any bankrupt, at the time he becomes bankrupt, shall, by the consent and permission of the true owner thereof, have in his possession, order, or disposition, any goods or chattels whereof he was reputed owner...
Page 6 - An annuity is a yearly payment of a certain sum of money, granted to another in fee, for life, or years, charging the person of the grantor only.
Page 71 - ... all persons using the trade of merchandise by way of bargaining, exchange, bartering, commission, consignment, or otherwise, in gross or by retail, and all persons who either for themselves or as agents or factors for others seek their living by buying and selling, or by buying and letting for hire, or by the workmanship of goods or commodities...
Page 82 - ... due on either side on the balance of such account, and no more, shall be claimed or paid on either side respectively...
Page 24 - It seems that an assault is an attempt, or offer, with force and violence, to do a corporal hurt to another; as by striking at him with, or without, a weapon; or presenting a gun at...
Page 79 - ... transferred to any of his children, or any other person, any hereditaments, offices, fees, annuities, leases, goods, or chattels, or have delivered or made over to any such person any bills, bonds, notes, or other securities, or have transferred his debts to any other person or...
Page 95 - And therefore if a woman commit theft, burglary, or other civil offences against the laws of society, by the coercion of her husband, or even in his company, (which the law construes a coercion,) she is not guilty of any crime ; being considered as acting by compulsion, and not of her own will.