The Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 10T.T. Clark, 1866 - Law |
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... paid the uttermost farthing ? We agree with Lord Westbury in this , that bankruptcy law should be entirely of a civil character ; but we cannot agree with him in thinking that the Court of Bankruptcy ' has but one function -the ...
... paid the uttermost farthing ? We agree with Lord Westbury in this , that bankruptcy law should be entirely of a civil character ; but we cannot agree with him in thinking that the Court of Bankruptcy ' has but one function -the ...
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... paid judges in these distrets . Now that the Highland rail- way is open , Fort - William is not farther from Inverness than Kingussie used to be , and surely our island population of 100,000 is not so unruly as to require five and a ...
... paid judges in these distrets . Now that the Highland rail- way is open , Fort - William is not farther from Inverness than Kingussie used to be , and surely our island population of 100,000 is not so unruly as to require five and a ...
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... paid , not by salary , but according to the number of causes , have a strong inducement to bring vexatious prosecutions . This used formerly to be the law , but we had ourselves discovered the blot and it is now almost universally ...
... paid , not by salary , but according to the number of causes , have a strong inducement to bring vexatious prosecutions . This used formerly to be the law , but we had ourselves discovered the blot and it is now almost universally ...
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... paid for , is liable to the landlord in second payment of the price where the rent of that crop has not been paid , and that even when the purchase has been made in public market by sample . We have never been able to see that the ...
... paid for , is liable to the landlord in second payment of the price where the rent of that crop has not been paid , and that even when the purchase has been made in public market by sample . We have never been able to see that the ...
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... paid for the use of the steelbow goods , instead of a fixed proportion of the produce . It was not only natural , but most just and expedient in the state of society in which this custom prevailed , that very ample security should be ...
... paid for the use of the steelbow goods , instead of a fixed proportion of the produce . It was not only natural , but most just and expedient in the state of society in which this custom prevailed , that very ample security should be ...
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Page 50 - An Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary Convictions and Orders, or any Act amending the same".
Page 78 - That is found wandering and not having any home or settled place of abode, or proper guardianship, or visible means of subsistence.
Page 180 - Commutation Rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such Rent...
Page 71 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 44 - For fixing and from time to time varying the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family...
Page 38 - With respect to such land, for the purposes of this act, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, or one of them...
Page 49 - ... performance, and amounting to a sum specified in the order, together with the costs of the proceedings, shall be paid by the authority in default ; and any order made for the payment of such expenses and costs may be removed into the Court of Queen's Bench, and be enforced in the same manner as if the same were an order of such court.
Page 41 - Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present ; and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 203 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 203 - God; but as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient. The general rule, as above stated, seems on principle just. The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his...