A Review of the Laws of the United States of North America, the British Provinces, and West India Islands: With Select Precedents and Observations Upon Divers Acts of Parliament and Acts of Assembly, and a Comparison of the Courts of Law and Practice There, with that of Westminster Hall |
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The laws respecting British debts in the Laws , in Virginia , ốc . ... and more easily
General observations as to the attainable in the State of New York * than
recovery of Brin tish debts . in * This is meant of debts contracted “ Since the
peace .
The laws respecting British debts in the Laws , in Virginia , ốc . ... and more easily
General observations as to the attainable in the State of New York * than
recovery of Brin tish debts . in * This is meant of debts contracted “ Since the
peace .
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Georgia , South and North - Catolina , In Georgia , South and North - Carolina *
British debts are recovered with infinite difficulty , such actions being
discountenanced by the bench , and where not denied by the laws are the same
in effect by ...
Georgia , South and North - Catolina , In Georgia , South and North - Carolina *
British debts are recovered with infinite difficulty , such actions being
discountenanced by the bench , and where not denied by the laws are the same
in effect by ...
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the means of liberation are equally easy to the debtor ; and though in the more
Northern States debts are better secured , and there is somewhat less opening
for fraud and evasion , yet even there , if the man who goes to law for a British
debt ...
the means of liberation are equally easy to the debtor ; and though in the more
Northern States debts are better secured , and there is somewhat less opening
for fraud and evasion , yet even there , if the man who goes to law for a British
debt ...
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and levying debts due to them , than are now used in some of the said
plantations ; and whereas it will tend very much to the retrieving of the credit ,
formerly given by the trad , ing subjects of Great - Britain to the natives and
inhabitants of the ...
and levying debts due to them , than are now used in some of the said
plantations ; and whereas it will tend very much to the retrieving of the credit ,
formerly given by the trad , ing subjects of Great - Britain to the natives and
inhabitants of the ...
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and chargeable with all just debts , duties , and demands of what nature or kind
soever , owing by any such person to his Majesty or any of his subjects , and
shall and may be assessed for the satisfaction thereof in like manner as real
estates ...
and chargeable with all just debts , duties , and demands of what nature or kind
soever , owing by any such person to his Majesty or any of his subjects , and
shall and may be assessed for the satisfaction thereof in like manner as real
estates ...
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Page 208 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 225 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 210 - IT is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 226 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 217 - ... such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts and registers shall be appointed for that purpose; and personal...
Page 229 - Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 212 - Place, and Harbour within the same ; leaving in all Fortifications the American Artillery that may be therein : and shall also Order, and cause all Archives, Records, Deeds and Papers belonging to any of the said States, or their Citizens, which in the Course of the War may have fallen into the Hands of his Officers, to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong.
Page 206 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 212 - ... against any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Page 204 - America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore, and to establish such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries, upon the ground of reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience, as may promote and secure to both perpetual peace and harmony...
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| Title | A Review of the Laws of the United States of North America, the British Provinces, and West India Islands: With Select Precedents and Observations Upon Divers Acts of Parliament and Acts of Assembly, and a Comparison of the Courts of Law and Practice There, with that of Westminster Hall Eighteenth Century collections online Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery |
| Publisher | W. Otridge and J. Otridge, 1790 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 255 pages |
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