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... amount of verisimilitude , or probability . The region of evidence lies , therefore , exclusively between moral certainty on the one hand , as its most perfect extreme , and moral possibility on the other , as its most imperfect extreme ...
... amount of verisimilitude , or probability . The region of evidence lies , therefore , exclusively between moral certainty on the one hand , as its most perfect extreme , and moral possibility on the other , as its most imperfect extreme ...
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... amount to a libel ; but not to deliver his own opinion on the case.1 It often becomes an important and difficult question whether a point is properly matter for the decision of the judge or for that of the jury . The general rule is ...
... amount to a libel ; but not to deliver his own opinion on the case.1 It often becomes an important and difficult question whether a point is properly matter for the decision of the judge or for that of the jury . The general rule is ...
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... amounts to negligence ? That must be determined entirely by the jury . " Bona fides , actual knowledge , express malice , and real intention , are questions for a jury.1 In Harratt v . Wise , 2 the action was on a policy of insurance of ...
... amounts to negligence ? That must be determined entirely by the jury . " Bona fides , actual knowledge , express malice , and real intention , are questions for a jury.1 In Harratt v . Wise , 2 the action was on a policy of insurance of ...
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... amounts to a menace.7 In libel , the question of libel or not libel is . entirely for the jury in civil cases , it would appear , as well as criminal cases , and the judge may only give a general definition of the offence.8 But if the ...
... amounts to a menace.7 In libel , the question of libel or not libel is . entirely for the jury in civil cases , it would appear , as well as criminal cases , and the judge may only give a general definition of the offence.8 But if the ...
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... amount of credibility sinks to a minimum . When the purity and solemnity of an oath have been tarnished by the mere contingency of such influences , they cannot be restored to their primal sanctity by any quantity of direct personal ...
... amount of credibility sinks to a minimum . When the purity and solemnity of an oath have been tarnished by the mere contingency of such influences , they cannot be restored to their primal sanctity by any quantity of direct personal ...
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Page 471 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page 382 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
Page 375 - ... interest, of, in, to, or out of any messuages, manors, lands, tenements or hereditaments, shall be assigned, granted, or surrendered, unless it be by deed, or note in writing, signed by the party so assigning, granting or surrendering the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, or by act and operation of law.
Page 247 - Where two parties have made a contract, which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive, in respect of such breach of contract, should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result...
Page 375 - 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 470 - A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion of the Judge, prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony...
Page 461 - ... on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or...
Page 383 - That in actions of debt, or upon the case, grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take any case out of the operation of the...
Page 381 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 256 - ... from the time when such debts or sums certain were payable, if such debts or sums be payable by virtue of some written instrument at a certain time, or, if payable otherwise, then from the time when demand of payment shall have been made in writing, so as such demand shall give notice to the debtor that interest will be claimed from the date of such demand until the term of payment; provided that interest shall be payable in all cases in which it is now payable by law.