The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence, Volume 2O. Richards, 1845 - International law |
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... duty ! There is the total want of practised knowledge in such matters ; there is the equal want of all individual responsibility ; there is the too great number of the members ; there is the inevitable ex- posure of each to the arts and ...
... duty ! There is the total want of practised knowledge in such matters ; there is the equal want of all individual responsibility ; there is the too great number of the members ; there is the inevitable ex- posure of each to the arts and ...
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... duty of the In the case of R. v . The Dean of St. Asaph , Lord Mansfield declared , " that the fundamental definition of trial by jury depended upon the universa maxim , ad quæstionem juris non respondent juratores ; ad quæstionem facti ...
... duty of the In the case of R. v . The Dean of St. Asaph , Lord Mansfield declared , " that the fundamental definition of trial by jury depended upon the universa maxim , ad quæstionem juris non respondent juratores ; ad quæstionem facti ...
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... duties of judges and jurors . The duty of a judge presiding at Nisi Prius or in the Crown Court , is threefold : first , he must decide all questions respect- ing the admissibility of evidence ; secondly , he must instruct the jury in ...
... duties of judges and jurors . The duty of a judge presiding at Nisi Prius or in the Crown Court , is threefold : first , he must decide all questions respect- ing the admissibility of evidence ; secondly , he must instruct the jury in ...
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... duty , it frequently happens that the admissibility of a witness or an instrument is found to depend on a disputed fact , in which case all the evidence adduced both to prove and disprove that fact must be received by the judge , and ...
... duty , it frequently happens that the admissibility of a witness or an instrument is found to depend on a disputed fact , in which case all the evidence adduced both to prove and disprove that fact must be received by the judge , and ...
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... duty of the judge to point out to the jury any rule of law , which either renders evidence unnecessary , or gives peculiar weight to any particular species of evidence , or defines the manner in which a certain fact must be proved ...
... duty of the judge to point out to the jury any rule of law , which either renders evidence unnecessary , or gives peculiar weight to any particular species of evidence , or defines the manner in which a certain fact must be proved ...
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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.