Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 4Butterworths, 1889 - International law |
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... important portion of jurisprudence ; but under which title so able a treatise has been written by Story , substantially upon Private International Law , as perhaps to render some apology necessary on the part of any subsequent writer ...
... important portion of jurisprudence ; but under which title so able a treatise has been written by Story , substantially upon Private International Law , as perhaps to render some apology necessary on the part of any subsequent writer ...
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... important interests of mankind . But where the municipal laws of States differ , the ends of justice require that they should agree in the adoption of the law which ought , from the nature and reason of the thing , to govern the jus of ...
... important interests of mankind . But where the municipal laws of States differ , the ends of justice require that they should agree in the adoption of the law which ought , from the nature and reason of the thing , to govern the jus of ...
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... important difficulties in their application , especially in the matter of Succession ( y ) . The Austrian code resembles the Prussian in this matter , and contains similar provisions with respect to foreigners ( z ) . There are codes of ...
... important difficulties in their application , especially in the matter of Succession ( y ) . The Austrian code resembles the Prussian in this matter , and contains similar provisions with respect to foreigners ( z ) . There are codes of ...
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... important legal consequences to the person born therein ( e ) . The French lawyer knows that the individual who is domiciled in France may yet be , in many civil respects , considered as a foreigner . And in [ the German cantons of ] ...
... important legal consequences to the person born therein ( e ) . The French lawyer knows that the individual who is domiciled in France may yet be , in many civil respects , considered as a foreigner . And in [ the German cantons of ] ...
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... important exceptions , swallowed up the theory of Origin in all matters of Comity . The effect of Origin is , however , still seen when the positive law of the State in which a man is born affixes an indelible incapacity upon its ...
... important exceptions , swallowed up the theory of Origin in all matters of Comity . The effect of Origin is , however , still seen when the positive law of the State in which a man is born affixes an indelible incapacity upon its ...
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Page 495 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 494 - Act, 1925, provides as follows: "no Action shall be brought whereby to charge any Executor or Administrator upon any special Promise, to answer Damages out of his own Estate...
Page 494 - ... or to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage ; or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof...
Page 679 - Subject to the provisions of this Act, the interpretation of the drawing, indorsement, acceptance, or acceptance supra protest of a bill, is determined by the law of the place where such contract is made. Provided that where an inland bill is indorsed in a foreign country the indorsement shall as regards the payer be interpreted according to the law of the United Kingdom.
Page 269 - Kingdom, with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State of which he was a subject previously to obtaining his certificate of naturalization, be deemed to be a British subject unless he has ceased to be a subject of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect.
Page 516 - Generally speaking the validity of a contract is to be decided by the law of the place, where it is made...
Page 733 - ... a proclamation, treaty, or other act of State, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence must purport to be sealed with the seal of the foreign State or British colony to which the original document belongs...
Page 733 - ... court to which the original document belongs, or, in the event of such court having no seal, to be signed by the Judge, or, if there be more than one Judge, by any one of the. Judges of the said court, and such Judge shall attach to his signature a statement in writing on the said copy that the court whereof lie is Judge has no seal...
Page 680 - Where a bill is drawn out of but payable in the United Kingdom, and the sum payable is not expressed in the currency of the United Kingdom, the amount shall, in the absence of some express stipulation, be calculated according to the rate of exchange for sight drafts at the place of payment on the day the bill is payable.
Page 795 - If any person, being a British subject, charged with having committed any crime or offence on board any British ship on the high seas...