The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence, Volume 2O. Richards, 1845 - International law |
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... authority of Parliament to suppose such things even possible- at least in the existing Parliament ; nay , even could we name the part of the country from which the honourable persons in question came , or could we indicate the ...
... authority of Parliament to suppose such things even possible- at least in the existing Parliament ; nay , even could we name the part of the country from which the honourable persons in question came , or could we indicate the ...
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... authority whatever was given to the Board , either to call parties before it , or to ex- amine witnesses . But upon this parliamentary hint the Board proceeded , and have acted in a manner somewhat anomalous , considering the subject ...
... authority whatever was given to the Board , either to call parties before it , or to ex- amine witnesses . But upon this parliamentary hint the Board proceeded , and have acted in a manner somewhat anomalous , considering the subject ...
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... authority depends in no degree upon the opinions of those that issue them , and decisions whose whole authority is derived from the opinions of the persons that pronounce them ? Do not all reports of our cases in the courts carefully ...
... authority depends in no degree upon the opinions of those that issue them , and decisions whose whole authority is derived from the opinions of the persons that pronounce them ? Do not all reports of our cases in the courts carefully ...
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... authority than on any definite principle of law , it is hoped that their collection and partial classification may be of some service to the pro- fession , the more especially as precedents have ever been con- sidered in this country as ...
... authority than on any definite principle of law , it is hoped that their collection and partial classification may be of some service to the pro- fession , the more especially as precedents have ever been con- sidered in this country as ...
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... authorities at the pre- sent day . The question of reasonable time is open to more doubt than that of probable cause . With respect to some subjects indeed , which from their frequent recurrence admit of the adoption of precise rules ...
... authorities at the pre- sent day . The question of reasonable time is open to more doubt than that of probable cause . With respect to some subjects indeed , which from their frequent recurrence admit of the adoption of precise rules ...
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Page 43 - ... the Jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information...
Page 235 - Chancellor in matters of lunacy, whereby any sum of money, or any costs, charges, or expenses, shall be payable to any person, shall have the effect of judgments in the superior Courts of common law, and the persons to whom any such monies, or costs, charges, or expenses, shall be payable, shall be deemed judgment creditors within the meaning of this Act...
Page 28 - It is the duty of the court to instruct the jury as to the law ; and it is the duty of the jury to follow the law, as it is laid down by the Court.
Page 430 - ... it shall be lawful for the said lessor, at any time thereafter, into and upon the said demised premises, or any part thereof in the name of the whole, to re-enter, and the same to have again, re-possess, and enjoy as of hie or their former estate, any thing hereinafter contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 276 - Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery, during the time of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, and of the several Commissioners of the Great Seal, and Lord Chancellor Loughborough, from 1778 to 1794, with the Annotations of Mr.
Page 420 - ... conveyed, or intended so to be, with their and every of their appurtenances, and...
Page 418 - ... and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing ; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male.
Page 109 - In this state of discrepancy between the decided cases, we think it is, at all events, a safe rule to adopt, that where the misdescription, although not proceeding from fraud, is in a material and substantial point, so far affecting the subject-matter of the contract that it may reasonably be supposed, that, but for such misdescription, the purchaser might never have entered into the contract at all, in such case the contract is avoided altogether, and the purchaser is not bound to resort to the...
Page 415 - An Act for the Abolition of Fines and Recoveries, and for the Substitution of more simple Modes of Assurance...
Page 431 - ... not the length of such deed, but only the skill and labour employed, and responsibility incurred in the preparation thereof.