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... agreements , and all conveyances and other instruments made in pursuance thereof , were declared to be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes whatever , and provision was thereby made for the payment of the compensation to be ...
... agreements , and all conveyances and other instruments made in pursuance thereof , were declared to be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes whatever , and provision was thereby made for the payment of the compensation to be ...
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... agreements entitled quit claims or CHEVRIER transfers , seven in number , all bearing date on the day THE QUEEN . and year last aforesaid , under their hands and seals , duly made before witnesses , and all duly registered in the ...
... agreements entitled quit claims or CHEVRIER transfers , seven in number , all bearing date on the day THE QUEEN . and year last aforesaid , under their hands and seals , duly made before witnesses , and all duly registered in the ...
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... agreement between the heirs and the widow , whereby the portion allotted to the latter was not simply as and for her dower , but was set apart as her absolute property in lieu of her dower , however much I may suspect such to have been ...
... agreement between the heirs and the widow , whereby the portion allotted to the latter was not simply as and for her dower , but was set apart as her absolute property in lieu of her dower , however much I may suspect such to have been ...
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... agreement in writing , dated 5th March , 1838 . By this agreement , the heirs of Philemon Wright Jr. , after having ascertained by survey made by Anthony Swalwell , Deputy Surveyor , that the quantity of land in lots No. 2 , 3 and 4 ...
... agreement in writing , dated 5th March , 1838 . By this agreement , the heirs of Philemon Wright Jr. , after having ascertained by survey made by Anthony Swalwell , Deputy Surveyor , that the quantity of land in lots No. 2 , 3 and 4 ...
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... agreement and cannot be entertained . More- over , this partition , being signed and executed by the tutors , was an absolute nullity in law . Now , having shown the heirs to be proprietors of the portions of land allotted to them , I ...
... agreement and cannot be entertained . More- over , this partition , being signed and executed by the tutors , was an absolute nullity in law . Now , having shown the heirs to be proprietors of the portions of land allotted to them , I ...
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1880 THE CITIZENS acres alleged Andrew Leamy appellant authority British North America Canada CHEVRIER civil claim Commissioners contract Court Court of Equity cribs Crown declared defendants Dominion parliament dower droit enacted engineer été evidence executed fait Federal parliament fire insurance Fournier Gwynne heirs Henry Horatio Wright Hurd Insurance Company interest interim receipt issue JOHNSTON judgment L'UNION ST land LAPIERRE legislation Lower Canada Majesty McConaghy ment MONTREAL Nicholas Sparks North America Act Ontario opinion paid Pamelia parliament of Canada parties payment person petition petition of right petitioner Philemon Wright Jr Picton plaintiff plea possession prescription proprietor province provisions purchase qu'il QUEEN question reason reference regulate respondent Ritchie Ritchie,C.J. Ruggles Wright Sally Olmstead Sarah Olmstead Sarah Wright says signature statute statutory conditions suppliant Taschereau thereof tion titre trade and commerce ultra vires usufruct vessel WESTERN Wheler words
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Page 322 - Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.
Page 319 - Canada may from Time to Time make Laws in relation to Agriculture in all or any of the Provinces, and to Immigration into all or any of the Provinces; and any Law of the Legislature of a Province relative to Agriculture or to Immigration shall have effect in and for the Province as long and as far only as it is not repugnant to any Act of the Parliament of Canada.
Page 470 - ... 3. Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, make any such gift*, loan, ofler, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election ! 4.
Page 229 - Local Works and Undertakings other than such as are of the following Classes: (a) Lines of Steam or other Ships, Railways, Canals, Telegraphs, and other Works and Undertakings connecting the Province with any other or others of the Provinces, or extending beyond the Limits of the Province: (b) Lines of Steam Ships between the Province and any British or Foreign Country.
Page 292 - If it be a rule of interpretation to which all assent, that the exception of a particular thing from general words proves, that, in the opinion of the lawgiver, the thing excepted would be within the general clause had the exception not been made...
Page 246 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 333 - No special promise to be made by any person after the passing of this act to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, being in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person by him thereunto lawfully authorized...
Page 434 - ... of any voter, or to or for any other person in order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such net as aforesaid on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election...
Page 323 - The establishment, maintenance and management of public and reformatory prisons in and for the province; 7. The establishment, maintenance and management of hospitals, asylums, charities and eleemosynary institutions in and for the province other than marine hospitals ; 8.
Page 250 - So if a State, in passing laws on subjects acknowledged to be within its control, and with a view to those subjects, shall adopt a measure of the same character with one which Congress may adopt, it does not derive its authority from the particular power which has been granted, but from some other which remains with the State, and may be executed by the same means.