The Law Quarterly Review, Volume 4Frederick Pollock Stevens and Sons, 1888 - Law |
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... according to the Ulster tenant- right usage , and analogous usages in the other provinces ; and it is specially enacted with the view of gaining for the tenant's rights still further protection , that rent shall not be charged on ...
... according to the Ulster tenant- right usage , and analogous usages in the other provinces ; and it is specially enacted with the view of gaining for the tenant's rights still further protection , that rent shall not be charged on ...
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... according to all European usage - as was seen even in the case of the owners of slaves - law cannot undo what law had done , to the utter wrong of those who suffer from the change . This is so evident , indeed , that Mr. Gladstone , in ...
... according to all European usage - as was seen even in the case of the owners of slaves - law cannot undo what law had done , to the utter wrong of those who suffer from the change . This is so evident , indeed , that Mr. Gladstone , in ...
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... according to Norman tradition , the protection of the weak against the mighty , the poor against the rich ; along with this we have the homely thought , that the plough must not be disturbed , that he who sows should also reap . Perhaps ...
... according to Norman tradition , the protection of the weak against the mighty , the poor against the rich ; along with this we have the homely thought , that the plough must not be disturbed , that he who sows should also reap . Perhaps ...
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... according to the discretion of the justices ) and four days for getting the help of friends , one can decide whether time has run against him or no 2. It would seem then that in the opinion of some lawyer of the fourteenth century this ...
... according to the discretion of the justices ) and four days for getting the help of friends , one can decide whether time has run against him or no 2. It would seem then that in the opinion of some lawyer of the fourteenth century this ...
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... according to modern authorities , was not the acquisition of a legally protected seisin , but rather the preclusion of any claim on the part of the seller or of any one else who was present in court when the Auflassung was made . The ...
... according to modern authorities , was not the acquisition of a legally protected seisin , but rather the preclusion of any claim on the part of the seller or of any one else who was present in court when the Auflassung was made . The ...
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Page 152 - Professor of Public Law and of the Law of Nature and Nations in the University of Edinburgh.
Page 407 - There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid.
Page 407 - The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is in fact, and must be, regarded by the judges as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body.
Page 189 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces...
Page 460 - ... which are to be separately paid for, and the seller makes defective deliveries in respect of one or more instalments...
Page 227 - An alien to whom a certificate of naturalization is granted shall in the United Kingdom be entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations, to which a natural born British subject is entitled or subject in the United Kingdom...
Page 407 - Some perplexity respecting the rights of the Courts to pronounce Legislative acts void, because contrary to the Constitution, has arisen from an imagination that the doctrine would imply a superiority of the Judiciary to the Legislative power. It is urged that the authority which can declare the acts of another void, must necessarily be superior to the one whose acts may be declared void.
Page 226 - Kingdom, with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State of which he was a subject previously to obtaining his certificate of naturalization, be deemed to be a British subject unless he has ceased to be a subject of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect.
Page 194 - Province. 99. The Judges of the Superior Courts shall hold office during good behaviour, but shall be removable by the Governor General on Address of the Senate and House of Commons. 100. The salaries, allowances, and pensions of the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts (except the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), and of the Admiralty Courts in cases where the Judges thereof are, for the time being, paid by salary, shall be fixed and provided by the Parliament of...
Page 310 - ... a receiver of railroad property pending proceedings for foreclosure, the court, in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion, may, as a condition of Issuing the necessary order, impose such terms in reference to the payment from the income during the receivership of outstanding debts for labor, supplies, equipment, or permanent improvement of the mortgaged property as may, under the circumstances of the particular case, appear to be reasonable.