Irish Chancery Reports: Being a Series of Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery and the Rolls Court, in Ireland ... 1850[-1866] ...Hodges, 1855 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... jury , and the Court must necessarily look into the depositions . There is no objection to the inquisition in point of form . The Court of the Coroner is a Court of Record , and his duty is to inquire into the facts bearing on the death ...
... jury , and the Court must necessarily look into the depositions . There is no objection to the inquisition in point of form . The Court of the Coroner is a Court of Record , and his duty is to inquire into the facts bearing on the death ...
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... jury is only to look to the evidence on one side , and that if a primâ facie case be made out , they are warranted in a finding ; that is not the purpose of the Coroner's jury — they are sworn ad inquirendum , so that if they confine ...
... jury is only to look to the evidence on one side , and that if a primâ facie case be made out , they are warranted in a finding ; that is not the purpose of the Coroner's jury — they are sworn ad inquirendum , so that if they confine ...
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... jury . Counsel on behalf of the next - of - kin of some of the deceased have been heard on the motion ; and now the important question for our decision is whether it is competent for the Court to enter upon such an inquiry , and to ...
... jury . Counsel on behalf of the next - of - kin of some of the deceased have been heard on the motion ; and now the important question for our decision is whether it is competent for the Court to enter upon such an inquiry , and to ...
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... jury , what a task have we to engage in to judge of its effect upon paper - without the advantage of observing or knowing any thing of the demeanour of the witnesses , which is so . often found to be the best test of their credit . But ...
... jury , what a task have we to engage in to judge of its effect upon paper - without the advantage of observing or knowing any thing of the demeanour of the witnesses , which is so . often found to be the best test of their credit . But ...
Page 36
... jury , struck in this cause on the application of the plaintiff , inasmuch as the Judge who tried the issue did not , according to the statute , certify that same was a writ of sum- a fit and proper case to be tried by a special jury ...
... jury , struck in this cause on the application of the plaintiff , inasmuch as the Judge who tried the issue did not , according to the statute , certify that same was a writ of sum- a fit and proper case to be tried by a special jury ...
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Act of Parliament action affidavit aforesaid alleged appears applied appointed assignee Assistant-Barrister attorney authorised BANK OF IRELAND Barrister base fee bill of exceptions Carr cause certiorari Cham charge CHIEF JUSTICE civil-bill claim Commissioners Common Law Common Pleas conditional order costs CRAMPTON creditor custody D'ARCY declaration deed default defendant discharge Dublin enacts entitled evidence Exch Exchequer execution facts ground held HORNSBY Incumbered Estates instalments issue judgment jurisdiction lands lease Lord Lough Corrib Lough Mask malicious MALLEY Marks Redmond ment mill motion Netterville Davies notice objection opinion paid party payable payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error pleaded Poor-law possession premises proceedings Queen's Bench question recovery rent scire facias seal Sheriff special jury statute Statute of Westminster summons and plaint tenant in tail thereof Thomas Davies tion trial TRUSTEES OF EVANS valid venire de novo verdict words writ of summons
Popular passages
Page 224 - ... either party shall be at liberty to apply to the court, or a judge thereof, for an order to the master to speed the proceedings and to make his report, and to certify to the court or judge the reason for any delay.
Page 12 - Where there is nothing in the context of a will from which it is apparent that a testator has used the words in which he has expressed himself in any other than their strict and primary sense...
Page 403 - Every proprietor has an equal right to use the water which flows in the stream, and consequently no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor. Without the consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water which would otherwise descend to the proprietors below, nor throw the water back upon the proprietors above.
Page 12 - ... sensible with reference to extrinsic circumstances, it is an inflexible rule of construction, that the words of the will shall be interpreted in their strict and primary sense, and in no other, although they may be capable of some popular or secondary interpretation, and although the most conclusive evidence of intention to use them in such popular or secondary sense be tendered.
Page 587 - Majesty's superior courts of record ; and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.
Page 86 - The person serving a writ of summons shall, within three days at most after such service, indorse on the writ the day of the month and week of the service thereof, otherwise the plaintiff shall not be at liberty, in case of non-appearance, to proceed by default ;and every affidavit of service of such writ shall mention the day on which such indorsement was made. This Rule shall apply to substituted as well as other service.
Page 206 - Jurisdiction as without; and that no Misnomer or inaccurate Description of any Person, Place, or Thing named or described in any Schedule to this Act annexed, or in any List or Register of Voters, or in any Notice required by this Act, shall in anywise prevent or abridge the Operation of this Act with respect to such Person, Place, or Thing, provided that such Person, Place, or Thing shall be so denominated in such Schedule, List, Register, or Notice as to be commonly understood...
Page 207 - To Mr. I HEREBY give you notice, that I object to your name being retained on the list...
Page 547 - ... as he might have done before the making of this act, and the sheriff or other officer is hereby empowered and required to levy and pay to the plaintiff, as well the money so paid for rent, as the execution money.
Page 515 - And every court before which any such objection shall be taken for any formal defect may, if it be thought necessary, cause the indictment to be forthwith amended in such particular...