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... allowed to give evidence on oath or solemn affirmation , may do so on simple affirmation . The reliance placed upon the statements of others arises from an instinctive tendency to confide in their veracity , and from our faith in human ...
... allowed to give evidence on oath or solemn affirmation , may do so on simple affirmation . The reliance placed upon the statements of others arises from an instinctive tendency to confide in their veracity , and from our faith in human ...
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... allowed to give evidence on affirmation instead of oath . This principle has now been extended ( b ) to both civil and criminal proceedings . By 17 & 18 Vict . c . 125 , s . 20 , it is enacted— " If any person , called as a witness , or ...
... allowed to give evidence on affirmation instead of oath . This principle has now been extended ( b ) to both civil and criminal proceedings . By 17 & 18 Vict . c . 125 , s . 20 , it is enacted— " If any person , called as a witness , or ...
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... allowed only in rare cases , and after a searching scrutiny into the nature of the witness's scruples . There is no doubt that the law on this point , previously to the late act , was anomalous and unreasonable ; but , unless the new ...
... allowed only in rare cases , and after a searching scrutiny into the nature of the witness's scruples . There is no doubt that the law on this point , previously to the late act , was anomalous and unreasonable ; but , unless the new ...
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... allowed that he is a competent witness ; and the consequence is inevitable , that if credit is given to his evidence , it requires no con- firmation from another witness . " He referred also to a case where four men were convicted on ...
... allowed that he is a competent witness ; and the consequence is inevitable , that if credit is given to his evidence , it requires no con- firmation from another witness . " He referred also to a case where four men were convicted on ...
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... allowed to give oral evidence of it . On the other hand , if a prisoner has been committed for trial on the oral depositions of witnesses , it would be manifestly unfair to admit their depositions , even when reduced to writing and ...
... allowed to give oral evidence of it . On the other hand , if a prisoner has been committed for trial on the oral depositions of witnesses , it would be manifestly unfair to admit their depositions , even when reduced to writing and ...
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Page 326 - ... the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances so known and communicated.
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Page 500 - Lord one thousand six hundred seventy and seven, all leases, estates, interests of freehold, or terms of years, or any uncertain interest of , in, to or out of any messuages, manors, lands, tenements or hereditaments, made or created by livery and seisin only, or by parol, and not put in writing, and signed by the parties so making or creating the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only...
Page 241 - Having heard the evidence, do you wish to '' say anything in answer to the charge ? You are not obliged to " say anything unless you desire to do so ; but whatever you say '• will be taken down in writing, and may be given in evidence '• against you at your trial.
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