The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 17John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1892 - Law |
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... common in prac- tical jurisprudence , a sealed instrument containing an engagement or promise . It includes bonds and other writings similarly en- forceable , but not having the form and all the characteristic inci- dents of bonds.3 ...
... common in prac- tical jurisprudence , a sealed instrument containing an engagement or promise . It includes bonds and other writings similarly en- forceable , but not having the form and all the characteristic inci- dents of bonds.3 ...
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... COMMON SEAL . - The officer or agent of a cor- poration who executes a deed in the name of the corporation by affixing thereto the impression of the common or corporate seal entrusted to his care is the party executing the deed , as it ...
... COMMON SEAL . - The officer or agent of a cor- poration who executes a deed in the name of the corporation by affixing thereto the impression of the common or corporate seal entrusted to his care is the party executing the deed , as it ...
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... common council is authorized to do an act but the mode of doing it is not prescribed , it may be done by resolution ... common council either by resolution or by ordinance , when by the charter that body is not restricted to a particular ...
... common council is authorized to do an act but the mode of doing it is not prescribed , it may be done by resolution ... common council either by resolution or by ordinance , when by the charter that body is not restricted to a particular ...
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... common council of a municipal corporation , without authority to dele- gate the same , and the common coun- cil attempt to delegate the power to a subordinate by ordinance , the ordi- nance is void . Thompson v . Scher- merhorn , 6 ...
... common council of a municipal corporation , without authority to dele- gate the same , and the common coun- cil attempt to delegate the power to a subordinate by ordinance , the ordi- nance is void . Thompson v . Scher- merhorn , 6 ...
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... common council can only contract by an order , resolution , or ordinance passed in the manner re- quired by statute ; and where a contract has thus been made , it must be re- pealed or annulled by a vote of the common council . 2 ...
... common council can only contract by an order , resolution , or ordinance passed in the manner re- quired by statute ; and where a contract has thus been made , it must be re- pealed or annulled by a vote of the common council . 2 ...
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Page 472 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 635 - An intervention takes place when a third person is permitted to become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint, or by uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or by demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant, and is made by complaint, setting forth the grounds upon which the intervention rests, filed by leave of the court...
Page 472 - All courts shall be open; and every man, for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered, without sale, denial, or delay.
Page 583 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 581 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 171 - Or such a fraudulent transaction completed or contemplated by the acting managers, in connection with some other party, or among themselves, or with other shareholders as will result in serious injury to the corporation, or to the interests of the other shareholders...
Page 43 - M. , for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.
Page 590 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest of many persons, or when the parties are very numerous and it may be impracticable to bring them all before the Court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole, one action SEC.
Page 584 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must then order them to be brought in.
Page 478 - On the other hand, counties are at most but local organizations, which, for the purpose of civil administration, are invested with a few functions characteristic of a corporate existence. They are local subdivisions of a State, created by the sovereign power of the State of its own sovereign will, without the particular solicitation, consent or concurrent action of the people who inhabit them.