Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-hall, from 1746 to 1779, Volume 1S. Sweet, R. Pheney, 1828 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 66
... assignment ; the seizure therefore is justifiable . And no fictitious relation shall turn this into a tort . If seizure is justifiable , the sale must be so too ; for the seizure vested a special property in the sheriff ; Clerk v ...
... assignment ; the seizure therefore is justifiable . And no fictitious relation shall turn this into a tort . If seizure is justifiable , the sale must be so too ; for the seizure vested a special property in the sheriff ; Clerk v ...
Page 69
... assignment and sale , and the return was not made till near a month farther . The notoriety is ex- tremely great . But had the sale been immediately after the seizure , still the sheriffs would have been liable ( g ) . The re- turn they ...
... assignment and sale , and the return was not made till near a month farther . The notoriety is ex- tremely great . But had the sale been immediately after the seizure , still the sheriffs would have been liable ( g ) . The re- turn they ...
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... assignment . And see Clarke v . Ryall , post , 642 . Where a fieri facias is levied the same day that an act of bankruptcy is committed , the Court will take notice , at what time of the day each took place ; for the validity of the ...
... assignment . And see Clarke v . Ryall , post , 642 . Where a fieri facias is levied the same day that an act of bankruptcy is committed , the Court will take notice , at what time of the day each took place ; for the validity of the ...
Page 106
... assign three printers ; who might lawfully there print and put to sale all manner of books approved by the Chancellor ( or his Vice Chancellor ) and three doctors . - Stat . 13 Eliz . c . 29 , confirms said letters patent . - 6 February ...
... assign three printers ; who might lawfully there print and put to sale all manner of books approved by the Chancellor ( or his Vice Chancellor ) and three doctors . - Stat . 13 Eliz . c . 29 , confirms said letters patent . - 6 February ...
Page 128
... Assignment of rence Bathurst ( Q. how entitled ? ) ( b ) , after his death , borrowed the residue of a sum of money , and assigned over , as a security , the residue of the one thousand years ' term . Sir Edward Bathurst died an infant ...
... Assignment of rence Bathurst ( Q. how entitled ? ) ( b ) , after his death , borrowed the residue of a sum of money , and assigned over , as a security , the residue of the one thousand years ' term . Sir Edward Bathurst died an infant ...
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Page 34 - This is properly a criminal method of prosecution, as well to punish the usurper by a fine for the usurpation of the franchise, as to oust him, or seize it for the crown; but hath long been applied to the mere purposes of trying the civil right, seizing the franchise or ousting the wrongful possessor; the fine being nominal only.
Page 191 - When a ship is driven on shore, it is the duty of the master either to repair his ship, or to procure another; and having performed the voyage, he is then entitled to his freight ; but he is not entitled to the whole freight, unless he perform the whole voyage, except in cases where the owner of the goods prevents him ; nor is he entitled pro rata unless under a new agreement.
Page 672 - Honor directed a case to be stated for the opinion of the Court of King's Bench.
Page 405 - I. c. 11.) the presumption of the duration of life, with respect to persons of whom no account can be given, ends at the expiration of seven years from the time when they were last known to be living.
Page 301 - Now upon the Best Consideration I have been able to give this Matter, I am very clear of Opinion, that at the Trial, I ought not to have admitted the Evidence of Usage. But the Point of Law is here settled...
Page 468 - The policy is founded on mifreprefentation : the fhip is infured " at and from Genoa to Dublin ; the adventure to begin " from the loading, to equip for this voyage.
Page 358 - ... might happen within the year; but where it appears by the whole tenor of the agreement that it is to be performed after the year, there a note is necessary.
Page 304 - Taylor it was found, by the special verdict, "that before the reign of her late majesty, Queen Anne, it was usual to purchase from authors the perpetual copyright of their books, and to assign the same from hand to hand for valuable consideration, and to make the same the subject, of family settlements, for the provision of wives and children.