 | Law - 1870 - 542 pages
...instituted in consequence of adultery, are made competent, provided that uo witness is to be asked a question tending to show that he or she has been guilty...such witness shall have already given evidence in such proceedings in disproof thereof. (To la .,,'..••'.'> SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. The opening... | |
 | Law - 1854 - 1060 pages
...permit him or her to be examined or cross-examined, on the hearing ; but no such petitioner shall be bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery; (s. 22). The Court may allow any of the matters stated in the said petition to be verified by affidavit... | |
 | 1857 - 520 pages
...and may examine him or her on Oath on the Hearing of any Petition, but no such Petitioner shall be bound to answer any Question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of Adultery. XLIV. The Court may from Time to Time adjourn the Hearing of any such Petition. XL V. In any Case in... | |
 | Great Britain - 1857 - 686 pages
...examined or cross-examined on. Oath on the Hearing of any Petition, but no such Petitioner shall bo bound to answer any Question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of Adultery. XLIV. The Court may from Time to Time adjourn the Hearing of any such Petition, and may require further... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - Evidence (Law) - 1858 - 934 pages
...examined or cross-examined on oath, on the hearing of any petition ; but no such petitioner shall be bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery." § 40 further provides, that parties, — subject to such rules as may be established for the Court,1... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Probate, Richard Searle, James Charles Smith - Divorce - 1860 - 180 pages
...examined or cross-examined on oath on the hearing of any petition; but no such petitioner shall be bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery." The full Court had in previous cases examined the petitioner under that Sect., when the marriage and... | |
 | Richard Thomas Tidswell, Sir Ralph Daniel Makinson Littler - Divorce - 1860 - 376 pages
...examined or crossexamined on oath on the hearing of any petition ; but no such petitioner shall be bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery 20 & 21 Viet. c. 85, s. 43; and the court may, from time to time, adjourn the hearing of any such petition,... | |
 | James P. Byrne - Divorce - 1860 - 142 pages
...examined or cross-examined on oath on the hearing of any petition, but no such petitioner shall be bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery. 44. The court may from time to time adjourn the hearing of any such petition, and may require further... | |
 | National association for the promotion of social science - 1866 - 622 pages
...21 Viet., c. 85) empowers the court to examine the petitioner, but it provides that he shall not be bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery ;" but it is silent as to his or her answering any question tending to show that the respondent has... | |
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... no witness in any proceeding, whether a party to the suit or not, shall be liable to be asked or bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery, unless such witness shall have already given evidence in the... 
