A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume 1 |
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... Reason et al . v . Leefe 65 v . Rhoades v . Lewis 225 , 226 , 451 , 457 v . Richards 156 , 159 , 161 484 , 493 221 v . Lingate 223 v . Rivers 224 , 225 , 227 v . Lloyd 229 v . Roberts 53 v . Lloyd et al . 156 v . Locker 335 , 407 v . v ...
... Reason et al . v . Leefe 65 v . Rhoades v . Lewis 225 , 226 , 451 , 457 v . Richards 156 , 159 , 161 484 , 493 221 v . Lingate 223 v . Rivers 224 , 225 , 227 v . Lloyd 229 v . Roberts 53 v . Lloyd et al . 156 v . Locker 335 , 407 v . v ...
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... reason ; and most men would be unable to find reasons for believing the thousandth part of what is told them . Such distrust and incredulity would deprive us of the greatest benefits of society , and place us in a worse condition than ...
... reason ; and most men would be unable to find reasons for believing the thousandth part of what is told them . Such distrust and incredulity would deprive us of the greatest benefits of society , and place us in a worse condition than ...
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... reason upon the effect of coincidences in testimony , which , if collusion be ex- cluded , cannot be accounted for upon any other hypothesis than that it is true.1 It has been justly remarked , that progress in knowledge is not confined ...
... reason upon the effect of coincidences in testimony , which , if collusion be ex- cluded , cannot be accounted for upon any other hypothesis than that it is true.1 It has been justly remarked , that progress in knowledge is not confined ...
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... reason of the statute of limitations , between corporeal subjects , such as lands and tene- ments , and things incorporeal ; and it has been held , that a grant of lands , conferring an entire title , cannot be presumed from mere ...
... reason of the statute of limitations , between corporeal subjects , such as lands and tene- ments , and things incorporeal ; and it has been held , that a grant of lands , conferring an entire title , cannot be presumed from mere ...
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... reason to believe to be true , raises a conclusive presumption of malice.2 So the neglect of a party to appear and answer to process , legally commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction , he having been duly served therewith and ...
... reason to believe to be true , raises a conclusive presumption of malice.2 So the neglect of a party to appear and answer to process , legally commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction , he having been duly served therewith and ...
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Page 548 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 181 - Eyre to be this, — that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced, by the most powerful considerations, to speak the truth.
Page 324 - ... insensible with reference to extrinsic circumstances, a court of law may look into the extrinsic circumstances of the case to see whether the meaning of the words be sensible in any popular or secondary sense, of which with reference to these circumstances, they are capable.
Page 39 - Malice, in common acceptation, means ill-will against a person; but, in its legal sense, it means a wrongful act, done intentionally, without just cause or excuse.
Page 296 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Page 493 - By means of it, the situation of the witness with respect to the parties and to the subject of litigation, his interest, his motives, his inclination and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony...
Page 281 - A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
Page 58 - 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 312 - When parties have deliberately put their engagements into writing, in such terms as import a legal obligation, without any uncertainty as to the object or extent of such engagement, it is conclusively presumed that the whole engagement of the parties, and the extent and manner of their undertaking was reduced to writing...
Page 329 - Now, there is but one case in which it appears to us that this sort of evidence of intention can properly be admitted, and that is, where the meaning of the testator's words is neither ambiguous nor obscure, and where the devise is, on the face of it, perfect and intelligible, but, from some of the circumstances admitted in proof, an ambiguity arises, as to which of the two or more things, or which of the two or more persons (each answering the words in the will), the testator intended to express.