The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence, Volume 2O. Richards, 1845 - International law |
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... person considered that every senator in the great council of a nation , after he had delivered his opinion and argued in the defence of it , should be obliged to give his vote directly contrary , because if that were done , the result ...
... person considered that every senator in the great council of a nation , after he had delivered his opinion and argued in the defence of it , should be obliged to give his vote directly contrary , because if that were done , the result ...
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... person of Lord Fitzwilliam . He is grateful for this boon con ferred upon the country by the Government . But his notions are somewhat peculiar , not to say fantastical . He holds that the Board's decision should be final and ...
... person of Lord Fitzwilliam . He is grateful for this boon con ferred upon the country by the Government . But his notions are somewhat peculiar , not to say fantastical . He holds that the Board's decision should be final and ...
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... person accused as a criminal has a right to be tried according to the law of the land , the fixed law of the land ; and not by the law as a jury may understand it , or choose , from wantonness , or ignorance , or accidental mistake , to ...
... person accused as a criminal has a right to be tried according to the law of the land , the fixed law of the land ; and not by the law as a jury may understand it , or choose , from wantonness , or ignorance , or accidental mistake , to ...
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... person to speak to him upon the subject . " ― Minutes of Evidence , 1838 , H. C. , p . 51 . Next as to committees of this nature in the House of Com- mons , it will probably be sufficient to observe that , previous to the Session of ...
... person to speak to him upon the subject . " ― Minutes of Evidence , 1838 , H. C. , p . 51 . Next as to committees of this nature in the House of Com- mons , it will probably be sufficient to observe that , previous to the Session of ...
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... persons promoting the bill ? I cannot recollect by whom ; I have heard that mentioned . " 313. Chairman . You do not ... person introduced himself to me one day , whose name I did not know , and he held a list of members in his hand ; he ...
... persons promoting the bill ? I cannot recollect by whom ; I have heard that mentioned . " 313. Chairman . You do not ... person introduced himself to me one day , whose name I did not know , and he held a list of members in his hand ; he ...
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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.