A Popular Law-dictionary, Familiarly Explaining the Terms and Nature of English Law: Adapted to the Comprehension of Persons Not Educated for the Legal Profession, and Affording Information Peculiarly Useful to Magistrates, Merchants, Parochial Officers, and Others |
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... cause of abandonment , if the ship was on the ground or strand in such a situation as a vessel ought not to be in , while prosecuting the voyage , and sustained actual damage thereby ; but the mere striking on a rock and getting off ...
... cause of abandonment , if the ship was on the ground or strand in such a situation as a vessel ought not to be in , while prosecuting the voyage , and sustained actual damage thereby ; but the mere striking on a rock and getting off ...
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... cause of action . These , with some others it is not within the scope of the present work , nor would it be practi- cally useful for the reader , to inquire into . A common plea in abatement , which was styled a plea of misnomer , i . e ...
... cause of action . These , with some others it is not within the scope of the present work , nor would it be practi- cally useful for the reader , to inquire into . A common plea in abatement , which was styled a plea of misnomer , i . e ...
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... into court is trans- ferred into his name , and all stock standing in his name in the books of the Bank , is declared by him to be in trust in the particular cause or matter under which it is paid in , or to 10 ACCOMPLICE .
... into court is trans- ferred into his name , and all stock standing in his name in the books of the Bank , is declared by him to be in trust in the particular cause or matter under which it is paid in , or to 10 ACCOMPLICE .
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... causes for which actions can be sustained are infinite in their va- rieties , but there is no wrong or injury , or ... cause of action has actually accrued ; that is , that his right of action is perfect , all preliminaries performed ...
... causes for which actions can be sustained are infinite in their va- rieties , but there is no wrong or injury , or ... cause of action has actually accrued ; that is , that his right of action is perfect , all preliminaries performed ...
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... cause of the bishop's refusal by a writ of quare impedit , which is the process to be used in all cases where the patron is compelled to try his right of presentation against one who injuriously presents a clergyman without title ...
... cause of the bishop's refusal by a writ of quare impedit , which is the process to be used in all cases where the patron is compelled to try his right of presentation against one who injuriously presents a clergyman without title ...
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Page 529 - further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without the same being specially pleaded. VICAR strictly means the person who supplies the place of another. The priest of every parish is called the rector, unless the
Page 436 - act, noticing those statutes that are totally or partially unrepealed, in order that the operation of that act may be more fully understood. This statute is intituled "An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales," and was passed in the month of August,
Page 519 - (being thereof convicted before him by his own view, or by the confession of such offender, or by the evidence on oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses) to the house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding one calendar month.
Page 22 - An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire Suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits ; and to make other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary oaths.
Page 422 - and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time shall not use, so as also they be not contrary to the law, nor mischievous to the state, by raising prices of commodities at home, or hurt of trade, or generally inconvenient.
Page 318 - damage of the said goods and merchandises, and ship, &c., or any part thereof. And in case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful to the assured, their factors, servants and assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the defence, safeguard and recovery of the said goods, and merchandises, and ship,
Page 546 - No will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid, or by another will or codicil executed in manner herein-before required, or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is
Page 318 - And in case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful to the assured, their factors, servants and assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the defence, safeguard and recovery of the said goods, and merchandises, and ship,
Page 318 - seeds, are warranted free from average unless general, or the ship be stranded ; sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides, and skins are warranted free from average, under five pounds per cent., and all other goods; also the ship and freight are warranted free of average under three, pounds per cent, unless general, or the ship be stranded. On cargo valued at
Page 546 - required to be executed, or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same. — s.