New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (partly Founded on Blackstone)Butterworths, 1863 - Law |
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... person or persons shall depose , that such motion is made at his or their instance , as relator or relators . And such per- son or persons shall be deemed to be the relator or relators , in case such rule shall be made absolute , and ...
... person or persons shall depose , that such motion is made at his or their instance , as relator or relators . And such per- son or persons shall be deemed to be the relator or relators , in case such rule shall be made absolute , and ...
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... person electing , -provided the elector shall have been in the exercise de facto of his office , six years previous to the information . later statutes , 7 Will . IV . & 1 Vict . c . 78 and 6 & 7 Vict . And by c . 89 , it is further ...
... person electing , -provided the elector shall have been in the exercise de facto of his office , six years previous to the information . later statutes , 7 Will . IV . & 1 Vict . c . 78 and 6 & 7 Vict . And by c . 89 , it is further ...
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... person , once delivered by habeas corpus , shall be recommitted for the same offence , on penalty of 500l . 6. That every person committed for treason or felony , shall , if he requires it , the first week of the next Term , or the ...
... person , once delivered by habeas corpus , shall be recommitted for the same offence , on penalty of 500l . 6. That every person committed for treason or felony , shall , if he requires it , the first week of the next Term , or the ...
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... person shall be restrained of his liberty , ( other than for some criminal or supposed criminal matter , and except persons imprisoned for debt , or by process in any civil suit , ) any of the barons of the exchequer of the degree of ...
... person shall be restrained of his liberty , ( other than for some criminal or supposed criminal matter , and except persons imprisoned for debt , or by process in any civil suit , ) any of the barons of the exchequer of the degree of ...
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... person ( k ) and sequestration of the estate ( 1 ) . On due service also of a decree or order for delivery of possession of an estate , the party prosecuting the same is entitled to a writ of assistance ; directed to the sheriff of the ...
... person ( k ) and sequestration of the estate ( 1 ) . On due service also of a decree or order for delivery of possession of an estate , the party prosecuting the same is entitled to a writ of assistance ; directed to the sheriff of the ...
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17 Vict 25 Vict 9 Geo accessory Act of Parliament antient assault attainder benefit of clergy Blackstone vol burglary capital capital punishment charged chattels civil committed common law conviction court of equity crime criminal Crown death debt defendant enacted England excuse execution extent forfeiture Fost guilty of felony habeas corpus Hale hard labour hath Hawk homicide Ibid imprisonment indictment inflicted injury Inst intent judge judgment jurisdiction jury justice kill king king's lands larceny less than three liable Lord malicious manslaughter ment misdemeanor murder nature oath offence parliament party peace penal servitude penalties person plea plead prerogative principal prisoner proceedings prosecution provisions punishment Queen Queen's Bench repealed by 24 scire facias se defendendo Sect sentence sovereign species statute stealing therein thereof tion treason trial ubi sup unlawful unlawfully vide post Vide sup whosoever writ
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Page 332 - The liberty of the press is, indeed, essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published.
Page 333 - To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion, and government.
Page 162 - ... unlawfully and maliciously shoot at any person ; or shall, by drawing a trigger, or in any other manner, attempt to discharge any kind of loaded arms at any person...
Page 352 - Majesty, or to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time...
Page 150 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.
Page 322 - That if any Persons, riotously and tumultuously assembled together to the Disturbance of the Public Peace, shall unlawfully and with Force demolish, pull down, or destroy...
Page 204 - ... of silk, woollen, linen, or cotton, or of any one or more of those materials mixed with each other, or mixed with any other material...
Page 446 - That in every presentment or indictment to be prosecuted against any person for wilful and corrupt perjury, it shall be sufficient to set forth the substance of the offence charged upon the defendant, and by what court, or before whom the oath...
Page 449 - ... for want of the averment of any matter unnecessary to be proved, nor for the omission of the words " as appears by the record," or of the words
Page 111 - If, after he be tried and found guilty, he loses his senses before judgment, judgment shall not be pronounced ; and if, after judgment, he becomes of non-sane memory, execution shall be stayed ; for peradventure, says the humanity of the English law, had the prisoner been of sound memory, he might have alleged something in stay of judgment or execution.