The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland, Volume 7W. Hodge & Company, 1891 - Law |
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... ground that it was contrary to law and immemorial custom . The First Division , upsetting Lord Shand's decision as Ordinary , decided in favour of the session ; and the House of Lords , to whom the magistrates appealed , affirmed the ...
... ground that it was contrary to law and immemorial custom . The First Division , upsetting Lord Shand's decision as Ordinary , decided in favour of the session ; and the House of Lords , to whom the magistrates appealed , affirmed the ...
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... ground through sheer rottenness like apples in autumn . There- fore it is that judicial appointments in the country are being regarded with not quite so contemptuous an eye as formerly . In Germany we all know the judicial class form a ...
... ground through sheer rottenness like apples in autumn . There- fore it is that judicial appointments in the country are being regarded with not quite so contemptuous an eye as formerly . In Germany we all know the judicial class form a ...
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... ground that being connected with bankruptcy it was beyond the scope of their commission . But the evidence contained in the appendix to the report is almost entirely in favour of the law of England . The Faculty of Advocates was the ...
... ground that being connected with bankruptcy it was beyond the scope of their commission . But the evidence contained in the appendix to the report is almost entirely in favour of the law of England . The Faculty of Advocates was the ...
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... ground of objection was that the condition prescribed in section 4 ( sub - section 3 ) of the Reform Act of 1868 as to " residence " during the qualifying year had not been fulfilled in respect of the actual absence during the periods ...
... ground of objection was that the condition prescribed in section 4 ( sub - section 3 ) of the Reform Act of 1868 as to " residence " during the qualifying year had not been fulfilled in respect of the actual absence during the periods ...
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... ground of exemption or of failure to pay ; and in doing so they relied chiefly on the 18th section of the Act of 1868 , which imposes the duty on the rate collector of issuing on 1st June notices in the statutory form to defaulters ...
... ground of exemption or of failure to pay ; and in doing so they relied chiefly on the 18th section of the Act of 1868 , which imposes the duty on the rate collector of issuing on 1st June notices in the statutory form to defaulters ...
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