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... competent and compellable to give evidence , either vivâ voce or by deposition , according to the practice of the court , on behalf of either or any of the parties to the said suit , action , or other proceeding . " Sect . 3. " But ...
... competent and compellable to give evidence , either vivâ voce or by deposition , according to the practice of the court , on behalf of either or any of the parties to the said suit , action , or other proceeding . " Sect . 3. " But ...
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... competent by being superficially instructed just before a trial with a view to qualify him.1 But a judge may in his discretion postpone a trial , in order that the witness may be instructed in the nature of an oath . The inclination of ...
... competent by being superficially instructed just before a trial with a view to qualify him.1 But a judge may in his discretion postpone a trial , in order that the witness may be instructed in the nature of an oath . The inclination of ...
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... competent witnesses . He had laid it down that " an infidel cannot be a witness ; " and it was clear that , under the designation of infidel , he classified all who were not Christians . It was doubtful whether Jews were competent ; it ...
... competent witnesses . He had laid it down that " an infidel cannot be a witness ; " and it was clear that , under the designation of infidel , he classified all who were not Christians . It was doubtful whether Jews were competent ; it ...
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... competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself . " It has long been held that a prosecutor , in a criminal proceeding , is a competent witness against a prisoner ; and although there were formerly exceptions ...
... competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself . " It has long been held that a prosecutor , in a criminal proceeding , is a competent witness against a prisoner ; and although there were formerly exceptions ...
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... competent as witnesses notwithstanding they may may have an interest in the matter in question , or the event of the trial , has removed all doubt as to the admissibility of informers and accomplices as wit- All such persons are competent ...
... competent as witnesses notwithstanding they may may have an interest in the matter in question , or the event of the trial , has removed all doubt as to the admissibility of informers and accomplices as wit- All such persons are competent ...
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Page 407 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page 216 - Where two parties have made a contract, which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive, in respect of such breach of contract, should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result...
Page 328 - ... or bring an action to recover such land or rent shall be deemed to have first accrued...
Page 398 - ... on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action or...
Page 325 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 402 - Whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no statute exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible...
Page 217 - ... the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances so known and communicated.
Page 405 - A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony...
Page 326 - 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...
Page 154 - Judge shall certify that the Refusal to admit was reasonable ; and no Costs of proving any Document shall be allowed unless such Notice be given, except in Cases where the Omission to give the Notice is in the Opinion of the Master a Saving of Expense.