Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law, [1845-1856]: Heretofore Condensed by Thomas Sergeant and Thomas M'Kean Pettit, Now Reprinted in Full, Volume 11T. & J.W. Johnson, 1854 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... authority from the board of customs , to keep a list of persons who are to be ready to act as occasional or extra tide - waiters , whenever the business of that department may be in excess ; that , when appointed- and placed upon that ...
... authority from the board of customs , to keep a list of persons who are to be ready to act as occasional or extra tide - waiters , whenever the business of that department may be in excess ; that , when appointed- and placed upon that ...
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... authority of this present parliament , that the knights of the shires to be chosen within the same realm of England to come to the parliaments of our lord the King * hereafter to be holden , [ * 36 shall be chosen , in every county of ...
... authority of this present parliament , that the knights of the shires to be chosen within the same realm of England to come to the parliaments of our lord the King * hereafter to be holden , [ * 36 shall be chosen , in every county of ...
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... Thomas Brooks . * Humfrey , for the appellant .- [ JERVIS , C. J. - The revising [ * 44 barrister has endorsed the case , but he has omitted to sign it : we " have no authority to hear it . ( a 11 COMMON BENCH . ( 2 J. SCOTT . ) 42.
... Thomas Brooks . * Humfrey , for the appellant .- [ JERVIS , C. J. - The revising [ * 44 barrister has endorsed the case , but he has omitted to sign it : we " have no authority to hear it . ( a 11 COMMON BENCH . ( 2 J. SCOTT . ) 42.
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... authority to hear it . ( a ) ] The other side will consent to waive the objection . [ JERVIS , C. J. - That will not help you . I must make a return to the House of Commons of the decisions we come to upon these cases . Can I return ...
... authority to hear it . ( a ) ] The other side will consent to waive the objection . [ JERVIS , C. J. - That will not help you . I must make a return to the House of Commons of the decisions we come to upon these cases . Can I return ...
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... authority to hypothecate , for money borrowed at a foreign port for necessary repairs and disbursements , and at the same time pledge the personal credit of his owner for such advances , -whether maritime interest be stipulated for or ...
... authority to hypothecate , for money borrowed at a foreign port for necessary repairs and disbursements , and at the same time pledge the personal credit of his owner for such advances , -whether maritime interest be stipulated for or ...
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Page 967 - 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; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for, the debt, default or miscarriages of another person...
Page 629 - ... of the same description, and conveyed or propelled by a like carriage or engine, passing only over the same portion of the line of railway under the same circumstances ; and no reduction or advance in any such tolls shall be made either directly or indirectly in favour of or against any particular company or person travelling upon or using the railway.
Page 47 - ... of the seas, men of war, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and counter-mart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof.
Page 527 - ... that this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription or contribution, or agreement to subscribe or contribute, for or towards any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to the winner or winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise.
Page 47 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all doth make assurance and cause and them, and every of them, to be insured lost or not lost...
Page 47 - ... until she hath moored at anchor twenty-four hours in good safety; and upon the goods and merchandises, until the same be there discharged and safely landed.
Page 667 - the rule for jurisdiction is that nothing shall be intended to be out of the jurisdiction of a superior court but that which specially appears to be so, and, on the contrary, nothing shall be intended to be within the jurisdiction of an inferior court but that which is so expressly alleged;" and this rule has been so frequently repeated as to have become a maxim in the law.
Page 101 - ... and unless the promoters of the undertaking be willing to pay the amount of compensation so claimed, and shall enter into a written agreement for that purpose within twenty-one days after the receipt of any such notice from any party so entitled, the same shall be settled by arbitration in the manner herein provided...
Page 917 - Wherever to hold the rule applicable would occasion very great inconvenience, or tend to defeat the very object for which the corporation was created, the exception has prevailed. Hence the retainer by parol of an inferior servant — the doing of acts very frequently recurring, or too insignificant to be worth the trouble of affixing the common seal — are established exceptions.
Page 101 - This case has been argued before us by counsel: we have considered it, and are of opinion...