Reports of Cases Argued and Ruled at Nisi Prius: In the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, & Exchequer |
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... defendant ; and the defendant's counsel relied upon the will of the defendant's father , dated in 1791 , ( which was put in ) , as devising the land in question to the defendant , and nearly 300 acres of other land in the neighbourhood ...
... defendant ; and the defendant's counsel relied upon the will of the defendant's father , dated in 1791 , ( which was put in ) , as devising the land in question to the defendant , and nearly 300 acres of other land in the neighbourhood ...
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... defendant into possession of the garden by M. , who had had been let paid rent to the lessor of the plaintiff . The defendant's case was , that M. had rented a part of his garden of the lessor of the plaintiff , and that that had been ...
... defendant into possession of the garden by M. , who had had been let paid rent to the lessor of the plaintiff . The defendant's case was , that M. had rented a part of his garden of the lessor of the plaintiff , and that that had been ...
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... defendant ; and the defendant's counsel relied upon the will of the defendant's father , dated in 1791 , ( which was put in ) , as devising the land in question to the defendant , and nearly 300 acres of other land in the neighbourhood ...
... defendant ; and the defendant's counsel relied upon the will of the defendant's father , dated in 1791 , ( which was put in ) , as devising the land in question to the defendant , and nearly 300 acres of other land in the neighbourhood ...
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... defendants wished to set up the bankruptcy of the person against whom the writ of fieri facias had been sued out ... defendant's counsel . Lord DENMAN , C. J. - I think that in this case the pe- titioning creditor is not a competent ...
... defendants wished to set up the bankruptcy of the person against whom the writ of fieri facias had been sued out ... defendant's counsel . Lord DENMAN , C. J. - I think that in this case the pe- titioning creditor is not a competent ...
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... defendants . [ Attornies Beck , and J. & C. Rogers . ] ( a ) In the case of Pontifex v . Jolly , 9 C. & P. 202 , it was held , that the defendant's counsel at the trial , offering to admit that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict on ...
... defendants . [ Attornies Beck , and J. & C. Rogers . ] ( a ) In the case of Pontifex v . Jolly , 9 C. & P. 202 , it was held , that the defendant's counsel at the trial , offering to admit that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict on ...
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Page 365 - ... payable at a certain time or otherwise, the jury on the trial of any issue, or any inquisition of damages, may, if they shall think fit, allow interest to the creditor, at a rate not exceeding the current rate of interest, from the time when such debts or sums certain were payable, if such debts or sums be payable by virtue of some written instrument at a certain time...
Page 604 - Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this Act...
Page 46 - ... silks in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, and whether wrought up or not wrought up with other materials...
Page 596 - Viet. c. 85, s. 1 1, it is enacted, '•' that on the trial of any person for any of the offences hereinbefore mentioned, or for any felony whatever, where the crime charged shall include an assault against the person, it shall be lawful for the jury to acquit of the felony, and to find a verdict of guilty of assault against the person indicted, if the evidence shall warrant such finding...
Page 128 - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Page 200 - ... together with the principal felon or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony, whether the principal felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice...
Page 247 - You shall tell the truth, and the whole truth; the saucer is cracked, and if you do not tell the truth, your soul will be cracked like the saucer.
Page 57 - And this the plaintiff prays may be inquired of by the country, etc.
Page 403 - Neither party, witness, counsel, jury, or judge, can be put to answer, civilly or criminally, for words spoken in office.
Page 38 - Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom these present letters shall come, greeting. Know ye that we of our...