The New-York Legal Observer, Volume 8Samuel Owen Samuel Owen, 1850 - Law |
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... render them capa- ble in law , of receiving and holding the pious donations of persons desirous to contribute to the support of religion , and it is a very rea- sonable inference from this language , that it was never contemplated by ...
... render them capa- ble in law , of receiving and holding the pious donations of persons desirous to contribute to the support of religion , and it is a very rea- sonable inference from this language , that it was never contemplated by ...
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... rendered its construction subject to their provisions , in the same manner , as if it had then been originally made . In construing the prohibition in the statute , we cannot reject the word " expressly , " as superfluous ; we cannot ...
... rendered its construction subject to their provisions , in the same manner , as if it had then been originally made . In construing the prohibition in the statute , we cannot reject the word " expressly , " as superfluous ; we cannot ...
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... rendered evident by the re- ference made by the revisors of the act of 1813 , for they certainly never meant to say , as the counsel for the executors seem to have supposed , that this act , which in its terms is substantially the same ...
... rendered evident by the re- ference made by the revisors of the act of 1813 , for they certainly never meant to say , as the counsel for the executors seem to have supposed , that this act , which in its terms is substantially the same ...
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... to all the property that the de- vise embraces . That such is the necessary effect of the decision of the Court of Errors , a few observations will render apparent . N. Y. Superior Court . - Ayres , & c 24 THE NEW - YORK LEGAL OBSERVER .
... to all the property that the de- vise embraces . That such is the necessary effect of the decision of the Court of Errors , a few observations will render apparent . N. Y. Superior Court . - Ayres , & c 24 THE NEW - YORK LEGAL OBSERVER .
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... rendered effectual by the direct . exercise of a royal prerogative . It is possible that the courts of equity in this state have succeeded to the powers and jurisdiction of the court of chancery in England , in regard to the execution ...
... rendered effectual by the direct . exercise of a royal prerogative . It is possible that the courts of equity in this state have succeeded to the powers and jurisdiction of the court of chancery in England , in regard to the execution ...
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Page 3 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God...
Page 4 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Page 153 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 154 - ... death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 3 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Page 199 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue, without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted. A person, with whom or in whose name, a contract is made for the benefit of another, is a trustee of an express trust, within the meaning of this section.
Page 49 - That the forms of writs, executions and other process, except their style, and the forms and modes of proceeding in suits, in those of common law shall be the same as are now used in the said Courts respectively in pursuance of the Act entitled: "An Act to regulate processes in the Courts of the United States...
Page 107 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Page 107 - L. 78) declares, that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity...
Page 260 - The absolute power of alienation shall not be suspended by any limitation or condition whatever, for a longer period than during the continuance of not more than two lives in being at the creation of the estate, except in the single case mentioned in the next section.