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... Statute of Frauds in regard thereto .. Of Contracts express and implied .. Of Contracts executed and executory Of the Consideration of a Promise Of the Capacity to Contract .. Of the Construction or Interpretation of Contracts Of the ...
... Statute of Frauds in regard thereto .. Of Contracts express and implied .. Of Contracts executed and executory Of the Consideration of a Promise Of the Capacity to Contract .. Of the Construction or Interpretation of Contracts Of the ...
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... Statute Law relative to the Maintenance of Legitimate Children 296 .. .. Of the Power of Parents over their Legitimate Children Of Bastards Of the Provisions of the Statute Law , as to their Maintenance Of the Legal Disabilities of ...
... Statute Law relative to the Maintenance of Legitimate Children 296 .. .. Of the Power of Parents over their Legitimate Children Of Bastards Of the Provisions of the Statute Law , as to their Maintenance Of the Legal Disabilities of ...
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... statute of James , also , excepts ( ƒ ) from its general declaration against monopolies , " all letters- patent for the term of fourteen years or under , by which " the privilege of sole working or making any new manu- " factures within ...
... statute of James , also , excepts ( ƒ ) from its general declaration against monopolies , " all letters- patent for the term of fourteen years or under , by which " the privilege of sole working or making any new manu- " factures within ...
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... statute of Queen Anne ; for it was left in uncertainty , whether at the common law , and independently of that statute , an author did not possess an exclusive privilege ( and that without any limitation in point of time ) of publishing ...
... statute of Queen Anne ; for it was left in uncertainty , whether at the common law , and independently of that statute , an author did not possess an exclusive privilege ( and that without any limitation in point of time ) of publishing ...
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... statute also entitles the pro- prietor of the copyright in a book unlawfully printed within the British dominions , to a remedy by action ( z ) , 66 ( u ) 5 & 6 Vict . c . 45 , s . 2. By the same section the word " copyright " is , in ...
... statute also entitles the pro- prietor of the copyright in a book unlawfully printed within the British dominions , to a remedy by action ( z ) , 66 ( u ) 5 & 6 Vict . c . 45 , s . 2. By the same section the word " copyright " is , in ...
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Page 101 - Car. 2. c. 3. § 4., enacts, that " no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator, upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate, or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 479 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament; 10.
Page 480 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 479 - That the commission for erecting the late court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.
Page 52 - India warrants ; warehouse keepers certificates ; warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other documents used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented...
Page 480 - Commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them. That no pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament.
Page 343 - ... there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate; yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still 'in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative', when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Page 408 - I do swear that I will bear faith and true allegiance to his Majesty King George and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his person, crown or dignity...
Page 373 - A Senator shall not be capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 342 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke (x), is so transcendent and absolute, that it cannot be confined, either for causes or persons, within any bounds.