The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 1Freeman & Bolles, 1829 - Law |
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... creditor . Our torts were cast in the common mould of tres- passes to lands or goods , or personal injuries ; and the most im- portant discussions grew out of our provincial statutes . Great lawyers do not usually flourish under such ...
... creditor . Our torts were cast in the common mould of tres- passes to lands or goods , or personal injuries ; and the most im- portant discussions grew out of our provincial statutes . Great lawyers do not usually flourish under such ...
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... creditor ? On the subject of insolvency , especially , there should not be one law at New York and another at Philadelphia , one law at Charleston and another at New Orleans . If it be important for the merchant to know whether the law ...
... creditor ? On the subject of insolvency , especially , there should not be one law at New York and another at Philadelphia , one law at Charleston and another at New Orleans . If it be important for the merchant to know whether the law ...
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• to debtor and creditor , is almost impossible . The rights of the creditor over the person and property of his debtor ... creditors , against which the laws afford a very inadequate protection . A review of some of the laws relating to ...
• to debtor and creditor , is almost impossible . The rights of the creditor over the person and property of his debtor ... creditors , against which the laws afford a very inadequate protection . A review of some of the laws relating to ...
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... creditor , or his at- torney , or agent endorses on the execution or order of sale that he will take property at two - thirds of its appraised value in whole or in part , the sheriff or officer then is to call upon the valuers , who are ...
... creditor , or his at- torney , or agent endorses on the execution or order of sale that he will take property at two - thirds of its appraised value in whole or in part , the sheriff or officer then is to call upon the valuers , who are ...
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... creditors . But these laws do not operate for the benefit of all creditors , but only of those who first obtain a hold on the property . A great fault , however , in all of them is , that they enable men really solvent to discharge ...
... creditors . But these laws do not operate for the benefit of all creditors , but only of those who first obtain a hold on the property . A great fault , however , in all of them is , that they enable men really solvent to discharge ...
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Page 15 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 62 - Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that the estates, both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said Territory, dying intestate, shall descend to, and be distributed among, their children, and the descendants of a deceased child, in equal parts...
Page 62 - And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as hereinafter mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed By him or her in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses...
Page 364 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 66 - Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our County of Kent, in free and common soccage, and not in capite...
Page 62 - ... part of the personal estate; and this law relative to descents and dower shall remain in full force until altered by the legislature of the district.
Page 239 - Fellows, and for all accommodations of buildings, and all other necessary provisions that may conduce to the education of the English and Indian youth of this country in knowledge and godliness...
Page 273 - ... capacity, their officers and servants, shall have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, authorities, rights, liberties, privileges, immunities and franchises, which they now have, or are entitled to have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy ; and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed unto them, the said President and Fellows of Harvard College, and to their successors, and to their officers and servants, respectively, forever.
Page 88 - If an alien could acquire a permanent property in lands he must owe an allegiance, equally permanent with the property, to the king of England, which would probably be inconsistent with that which he owes to his own natural liege lord; besides that thereby the nation might in time be subject to foreign influence, and feel many other inconveniences...
Page 192 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practiced on in the Courts of law...