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... circumstances Page · 55 57 59 11. How far suicide is to be considered as evidence of insanity 12. Evidence of insanity in other members of the family not admissible . 13. Control over persons represented to be insane not to be assumed ...
... circumstances Page · 55 57 59 11. How far suicide is to be considered as evidence of insanity 12. Evidence of insanity in other members of the family not admissible . 13. Control over persons represented to be insane not to be assumed ...
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... circumstances , cannot be thought of without horror . But , even under the prevalence of the most humane principles , and discriminating treatment of the different descriptions of insane subjects , the question does not lose its ...
... circumstances , cannot be thought of without horror . But , even under the prevalence of the most humane principles , and discriminating treatment of the different descriptions of insane subjects , the question does not lose its ...
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... circumstances of human life in com- mon to all men , that there must be so much similarity as to establish a common sense , that is , perceptions , relations , associations , and judgments , in which all agree ; and when any particular ...
... circumstances of human life in com- mon to all men , that there must be so much similarity as to establish a common sense , that is , perceptions , relations , associations , and judgments , in which all agree ; and when any particular ...
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... circumstances attending each case ( r ) . " There are some states of the mind which , though they resemble insanity , cannot be properly so called ; these are extreme absence and abstraction of thought ; great pecu- liarity of actions ...
... circumstances attending each case ( r ) . " There are some states of the mind which , though they resemble insanity , cannot be properly so called ; these are extreme absence and abstraction of thought ; great pecu- liarity of actions ...
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... circumstances , it will be readily per- ceived , that the disease must be attended very constantly with that incoherent and absurd speech we call raving . Further , with the circumstances mentioned , there is com- monly joined an ...
... circumstances , it will be readily per- ceived , that the disease must be attended very constantly with that incoherent and absurd speech we call raving . Further , with the circumstances mentioned , there is com- monly joined an ...
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Page 401 - ... within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress or to bring such action shall have first accrued to the person making or bringing the same.
Page 500 - ... shall be understood to include several matters as well as one matter, and several persons as well as one person, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate as well as individuals unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction...
Page 762 - ... it shall be lawful for the said lessor at any time thereafter into and upon the said demised premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole to re-enter and the same to have again re-possess and enjoy as of his or their former estate anything hereinafter contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 231 - that nothing was better established than this principle, that money directed to be employed in the purchase of land, and land directed to be sold and turned into money, are to be considered as that species of property into which they are directed to be converted...
Page 537 - ... be paid into the Bank of England, in the name and with the privity of the Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery, to be placed to his account...
Page 580 - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Page 527 - ... to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal, or Master of the Rolls...
Page 401 - ... shall have expired, make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover such land or interest at any time within five years next after the passing of this Act.
Page 78 - ... so many and such good and lawful men of his bailiwick (as well within liberties as without) by whom the truth of the matter in the premises shall be the better known and inquired into.
Page xlvi - Had wander'd from its dwelling, and her eyes They had not their own lustre, but the look Which is not of the earth; she was become The queen of a fantastic realm; her thoughts Were combinations of disjointed things; And forms impalpable and unperceived Of others