The Cabinet Lawyer: A Popular Digest of the Laws of England, Civil, Criminal, and Constitutional; Intended for Practical Use and General Information |
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... called public general acts , others public local acts , namely , church acts , canal and railway acts . It was not till the year 1796 that acts of parliament were made generally accessible to the public ; prior to that time , only about ...
... called public general acts , others public local acts , namely , church acts , canal and railway acts . It was not till the year 1796 that acts of parliament were made generally accessible to the public ; prior to that time , only about ...
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... called Courts of Great Session , independent of the process of Westminster Hall , and was not visited by the English judges of assize . One member only was allowed to each of the Welch counties and towns represented in parliament . But ...
... called Courts of Great Session , independent of the process of Westminster Hall , and was not visited by the English judges of assize . One member only was allowed to each of the Welch counties and towns represented in parliament . But ...
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... called " Le Grand Coustumier . " They are not bound by common acts of the English parliament , unless specially mentioned . All causes are originally determined by their own officers , but appeal lies from them to the sovereign in ...
... called " Le Grand Coustumier . " They are not bound by common acts of the English parliament , unless specially mentioned . All causes are originally determined by their own officers , but appeal lies from them to the sovereign in ...
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... called the judicial committee of the privy council , of which notice will be hereafter taken , and which comprises the chief legal functionaries of the kingdom . That portion of the privy council denominated the CABINET does not form a ...
... called the judicial committee of the privy council , of which notice will be hereafter taken , and which comprises the chief legal functionaries of the kingdom . That portion of the privy council denominated the CABINET does not form a ...
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... in support of his right to be registered otherwise than as such right may be called in question in the grounds of objection . Each ground of objection to be treated by revising barrister as a separate 32 32 HOUSE OF COMMONS .
... in support of his right to be registered otherwise than as such right may be called in question in the grounds of objection . Each ground of objection to be treated by revising barrister as a separate 32 32 HOUSE OF COMMONS .
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Page 9 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any promise made after full age to pay any debt contracted during infancy, or upon any ratification made after full age of any promise or contract made during infancy, whether there shall or shall not be any new consideration for such promise or ratification after full age.
Page 757 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 13 - Every person who, with a view to compel any other person to abstain from doing or to do any act which such other person has a legal right to do or abstain from doing, wrongfully and without legal authority,— 1.
Page 565 - For every £100, and also for any fractional part of £100, of the amount or value of the property settled, or agreed to be settled 0 5 0 Exemption.
Page 603 - ... conversant with the disease of insanity, who never saw the prisoner previously to the trial, but who was present during the whole trial and the examination of all the witnesses, be asked his opinion as to the state of the prisoner's mind at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, or his opinion whether the prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act that he was acting contrary to law, or whether he was labouring under any and what delusion at the time?
Page 13 - Shall, on conviction thereof by a court of summary jurisdiction, or on indictment as hereinafter mentioned, be liable either to pay a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour.
Page 538 - ... wife or children of any money or property wherein he had not at the date of his marriage any estate or interest, whether vested or contingent in possession or remainder, and not being money or property of or in right of his wife, shall, upon his becoming bankrupt before such property or money has been actually transferred or paid pursuant to such contract or covenant, be void against his trustee appointed under this Act. " ' Settlement ' shall for the purposes of this section include any conveyance...
Page 474 - ... which he has served had earned freight, shall, subject to all other rules of law and conditions applicable to the case...
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Page 538 - ... with a view of giving such creditor a preference over the other creditors shall, if the person making, taking, paying, or suffering the same...