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 | Canada - 1891 - 780 pages
...revoked, annulled, and made void from and after the first day of May, 1775." The eighth section declared that " in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil rights, resort shall be had to the laws of Canada as the rule for the decision of the same ; and all causes... | |
 | John James MacLaren - Bills of exchange - 1892 - 628 pages
...Act, 32 Geo. 3, c. 1, repealed that part of the Quebec Act relating to the laws of Canada and provided that in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil rights reeort should be had to the laws of England as the rule for the decision of the same, that is, as they... | |
 | Michel Mathieu - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 522 pages
...authority under which they were introduced. Reverting to the Quebec Act (1774), the 8th section provides that, " in all matters of controversy, relative to property and " civil rights, resort shall be had to the law of Canada, as " the rule for the decision of the same ; and all causes... | |
 | Edward Douglas Armour - Abstracts of title - 1894 - 466 pages
...country. The writer cannot agree with this view. By the provincial Act, 32 Geo. III. cap. 1, it was enacted that in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil rights resort should be had to the laws of England as the rule for the decision of the same (o). It is fallacious... | |
 | Michel Mathieu - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 542 pages
...could be enforced. I now take another view of the case. By the Imperial Act of 1774 (1) it is solemnly enacted that : " In all matters of controversy, relative to property and civil rights, resort shall be had to the laws of Canada, as the rule for the decision of the same ; and all causes... | |
 | John Nelson Davidson - Indians of North America - 1895 - 334 pages
...has been the virtual establishment of Romanism as a state religion in the province of Quebec. It was enacted that "in all matters of controversy relative to Property and Civil Rights, Resort shall be had to the Laws of Canada " (as they were under French rule). Thus those claiming rank... | |
 | John George Bourinot - Canada - 1896 - 514 pages
...power, with the consent of the Governor, to make ordinances for the good government of the province. In all matters of controversy, relative to property...should be had to the French civil procedure, whilst the law of England should obtain in criminal cases. Roman Catholics were permitted to observe their religion... | |
 | Victor Coffin - Budget - 1896 - 328 pages
...inconsistency with the instructions of 1768. It was a fitting prelude to that article of the Quebec Act which enacted that "in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil right, resort shall be had to the laws of Canada as the rule for the decision of the same. " * I have... | |
 | Orin Grant Libby - Constitutional history - 1897 - 634 pages
...inconsistency with the instructions of 1768. It was a fitting prelude to that article of the Quebec Act which enacted that "in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil right, resort shall be had to the laws of Canada as the rule for the decision of the same. " :t I have... | |
 | Law - 1899 - 602 pages
...Donations did not extend to Canada, solely on the ground that it had never been registered at Quebec. enacted that "in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil rights, resort shall be had to the laws of Canada " ie to the French law as it was before the Cession. The... | |
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