The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge: Forming a Work of Universal Reference on Subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws and Social Relations, Volume 4H.G. Bohn, 1853 - Economics |
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Page 493
... Societies , ' which are protected by an Act of the Legislature , and advance small sums under 157. at 5 per cent . , are of no ad- vantage to the habitual ... Society had borrowed 720l . , partly PAWNBROKERS . PAWNBROKERS . [ 493 ]
... Societies , ' which are protected by an Act of the Legislature , and advance small sums under 157. at 5 per cent . , are of no ad- vantage to the habitual ... Society had borrowed 720l . , partly PAWNBROKERS . PAWNBROKERS . [ 493 ]
Page 494
... Society had borrowed 720l . , partly from the county Galway trustees , which sum had been disposed among 400 borrowers , and no loss had occurred during the two years in which the Society had been in operation , chiefly in consequence ...
... Society had borrowed 720l . , partly from the county Galway trustees , which sum had been disposed among 400 borrowers , and no loss had occurred during the two years in which the Society had been in operation , chiefly in consequence ...
Page 497
... society , and as such should be free from all taxes that are imposed on him in addition to those which he and other dealers pay . the House of Lords till he is twenty - one . Women may also be peeresses of the realm in their own right ...
... society , and as such should be free from all taxes that are imposed on him in addition to those which he and other dealers pay . the House of Lords till he is twenty - one . Women may also be peeresses of the realm in their own right ...
Page 511
... society the statute 32 Henry VIII . seems to allude in speaking of the " commons and fellows . " The charter of Charles II . expressly notices these orders as forming the body of the society , inasmuch as it directed that new fellows ...
... society the statute 32 Henry VIII . seems to allude in speaking of the " commons and fellows . " The charter of Charles II . expressly notices these orders as forming the body of the society , inasmuch as it directed that new fellows ...
Page 521
... society , it was suffered to remain , with weaker powers , to cope with circumstances which demanded increased vigilance , activity , and intelligence . The office of constable remained still a yearly appointment , and one so ob ...
... society , it was suffered to remain , with weaker powers , to cope with circumstances which demanded increased vigilance , activity , and intelligence . The office of constable remained still a yearly appointment , and one so ob ...
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Page 875 - ... 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...
Page 758 - June 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.
Page 477 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 769 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 753 - ... of every other Act which shall be incorporated with such Act, form part of such Act, and be construed, together therewith, as forming one Act.
Page 507 - All which they most humbly pray of your most excellent majesty as their rights and liberties, according to the laws and statutes of this realm ; and that your majesty would also vouchsafe to declare, that the awards, doings, and proceedings, to the prejudice of your people in any of the...
Page 781 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 646 - 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 770 - ... to visit, repress, redress, reform, order, correct, restrain, and amend all such errors, heresies, abuses, offences, contempts, and enormities, whatsoever they be, which by any manner spiritual authority or jurisdiction ought or may lawfully be reformed...
Page 567 - That each of the respective periods of years herein-before mentioned shall be deemed and taken to be the period next before some suit or action wherein the claim or matter to which such period may relate shall have been or shall be brought into question...