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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... common law would not allow the devise of lands . Wills have introduced more fraud , roguery , and perjury , than any other conveyance . Rogues think to compound for their villanies by giving donations to hospitals , & c . Misers grow ...
... common law would not allow the devise of lands . Wills have introduced more fraud , roguery , and perjury , than any other conveyance . Rogues think to compound for their villanies by giving donations to hospitals , & c . Misers grow ...
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... law or judicial practice , not arising out of circum- stances really ... common seaman . For this , an information was granted , because though ... common person , or en auter droit , or jointly with his wife or other person , or be ...
... law or judicial practice , not arising out of circum- stances really ... common seaman . For this , an information was granted , because though ... common person , or en auter droit , or jointly with his wife or other person , or be ...
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... common law punished by fine and imprisonment : But by statute these in- formations are allowed ; and less strictness is not necessary on the statute , than at common law . K. and Bennet ( i ) , a Shaftes- bury Case , Geo . 1 ...
... common law punished by fine and imprisonment : But by statute these in- formations are allowed ; and less strictness is not necessary on the statute , than at common law . K. and Bennet ( i ) , a Shaftes- bury Case , Geo . 1 ...
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... common law . If a witness has a question put to him that may affect himself , the Court will not oblige him to answer it ( n ) . Qu . and Mead , 2 Lord Raym . 927 ; defendant was an attorney , and with others incor- porated by act of ...
... common law . If a witness has a question put to him that may affect himself , the Court will not oblige him to answer it ( n ) . Qu . and Mead , 2 Lord Raym . 927 ; defendant was an attorney , and with others incor- porated by act of ...
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... frequent . The case of Bradshaw and Philips was not of a public nature . K. and Blackburn ; post - office books are not ... common law is mixed with the breach of them . Third , There is a suit in this Court , and the statutes may be ...
... frequent . The case of Bradshaw and Philips was not of a public nature . K. and Blackburn ; post - office books are not ... common law is mixed with the breach of them . Third , There is a suit in this Court , and the statutes may be ...
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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.