The Jurist, Volume 8, Part 2

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S. Sweet, 1845 - Law

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Page 70 - ... and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing ; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male.
Page 249 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, on addresses from the houses of the Parliament of Canada, and from the houses of the respective legislatures of the colonies or provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia, to admit those colonies or provinces, or any of them, into the Union...
Page 20 - ... 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 263 - This freedom from action and question at the suit of an individual is given by the law to the judges, not so much for their own sake as for the sake of the public and for the advancement of justice, that being free from actions they may be free in thought and independent in judgment, as all who are to administer justice ought to be.
Page 229 - ... it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, and they are hereby required...
Page 306 - That the finder of a jewel, though he does not by such finding acquire an absolute property or ownership, yet he has such a property as will enable him to keep it against all but the rightful owner, and consequently may maintain trover.
Page 294 - Provided always, that no such Conveyance, Assignment, Transfer, Charge, Delivery or making over, shall be so deemed fraudulent and void, unless made within...
Page 297 - Admiralty for periods amounting together to fifteen years, or shall be afflicted with some permanent infirmity disabling him from the due execution of his office, which shall be distinctly recited in the said grant.
Page 70 - That the words and expressions hereinafter mentioned, which in their ordinary signification have a more confined or a different meaning, shall in this Act, except where the nature of the provision or the context of the Act shall exclude such construction, be interpreted as follows; (that is to say), the word "will...
Page 10 - Courts on behalf of such person expressly named by him. and attending at his request, to inform him of the nature and...

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