Scott's New Reports in the Court of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber [1840-1845].

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Page 831 - ... 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...
Page 503 - ... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 837 - Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall alter or take away or lessen the Effect of any Payment of any Principal or Interest made by any Person whatsoever...
Page 205 - A verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 331., leave being reserved to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit, if the court should be of opinion that the objection was well founded.
Page 23 - Chancellor in matters of lunacy, whereby any sum of money, or any costs, charges or expenses shall be payable to any person, shall have the effect of judgments in the superior Courts of Common Law? and the persons to whom any such monies or costs, charges or expenses shall be payable, shall be deemed judgment creditors within the meaning of this Act...
Page 136 - ... grant is contrary to law, or prejudicial, or inconvenient to our subjects in general, or that the said invention is not a new invention as to the public use and exercise thereof...
Page 831 - 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 136 - Provided also that any declaration before mentioned shall not extend to any letters patent and grants of privilege for the term of fourteen years or under, hereafter to be made, of the sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within the realm to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time of making such letters patent and grants shall not use...
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Page 301 - Act into execution, be it further enacted, that a rate shall be made, assessed, and levied by the surveyor upon all property now liable to be rated and assessed to the relief of the poor ; provided that the same rate shall also extend to such woods, mines, and quarries of stone, or other hereditaments, as have heretofore been usually rated to the highways...

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