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Page xi
... trial of all crimes , except in cases of impeachment , shall be by The trial of jury ; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes crimes , ex- shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any state ...
... trial of all crimes , except in cases of impeachment , shall be by The trial of jury ; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes crimes , ex- shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any state ...
Page xiii
... trial by twenty dollars , the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no jury in suits fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re - examined in any court of the United States , than according to the rules of the common law ...
... trial by twenty dollars , the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no jury in suits fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re - examined in any court of the United States , than according to the rules of the common law ...
Page xx
... Trial by jury . Rights of cused . 7. The right of a trial by jury shall remain inviolate : but the legis- lature may authorize the trial of civil suits , when the matter in dispute does not exceed fifty dollars , by a jury of six men ...
... Trial by jury . Rights of cused . 7. The right of a trial by jury shall remain inviolate : but the legis- lature may authorize the trial of civil suits , when the matter in dispute does not exceed fifty dollars , by a jury of six men ...
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... trial by jury , to ask for and demand such trial , whereupon the orphans ' court in which such exceptions shall be filed shall certify said exceptions , and the account excepted to , into the circuit court of the county , to be tried in ...
... trial by jury , to ask for and demand such trial , whereupon the orphans ' court in which such exceptions shall be filed shall certify said exceptions , and the account excepted to , into the circuit court of the county , to be tried in ...
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... trial , may give the special matter in evidence , and thereupon the jury shall find for the said plaintiff , and assess damages to the full value of the moneys , goods , chattels or effects so proved to be in the custody or possession ...
... trial , may give the special matter in evidence , and thereupon the jury shall find for the said plaintiff , and assess damages to the full value of the moneys , goods , chattels or effects so proved to be in the custody or possession ...
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act entitled action of debt affidavit aforesaid appear appointed Approved March April 16 assigned bank bill bond cause cents certificate certiorari chancellor chattels chosen freeholders clerk common pleas constable conveyance conviction corporation costs court of chancery court of common court of record creditors debtor deed deemed defendant delivered directed dower duty election entered exceeding execution fees filed further Supplement guardian Harr hereafter hereby hereditaments high misdemeanor hundred dollars indictment issued judge judgment jurors jury justice lands liable manner March 18 March 20 ment misdemeanor mortgage notice oath or affirmation offending owner oyer and terminer paid party payment penalty person or persons plaintiff proceedings prosecute Provided real estate receive record recovered reside respective scire facias sheriff suit summons supreme court tenant tenements therein thereof thereto township trial vote writ of error
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Page 358 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 358 - ... any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof ; 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 xxx - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amend-ment or amendments to the people...
Page 358 - June no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate...
Page 234 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 234 - ... provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate...
Page xxx - Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or Assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment, or amendments, shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas...
Page xiv - States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crimes, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Page xx - Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county, township or ward in which he resides, such time as may be provided by law, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections.
Page 358 - June [1677] all declarations or creations of trusts or confidences of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall be manifested and proved by some writing signed by the party who is by law enabled to declare such trust, or by his last will in writing, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.