Laws of the Colony of Southern Nigeria, Volume 1Stevens, 1908 |
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... proceeding . " Suit " shall include action , and shall mean a civil proceeding commenced by writ of summons or in such ... proceedings in a civil cause , and also every person charged under any process of the Court with any crime or ...
... proceeding . " Suit " shall include action , and shall mean a civil proceeding commenced by writ of summons or in such ... proceedings in a civil cause , and also every person charged under any process of the Court with any crime or ...
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... proceedings shall be as valid in every respect as if the same had been held in any such Court House . ( 1 of 1888 , s . 8. ) duties . 10. Whenever the office of any Judge shall become vacant by Vacancies and death or otherwise , it ...
... proceedings shall be as valid in every respect as if the same had been held in any such Court House . ( 1 of 1888 , s . 8. ) duties . 10. Whenever the office of any Judge shall become vacant by Vacancies and death or otherwise , it ...
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... Proceedings may , subject to this Ordinance and to Rules of Court , be exercised by the Court in conformity with the law and practice for the time being in force in England . ( 4 of 1876 , s . 16. ) Provided that at any time during the ...
... Proceedings may , subject to this Ordinance and to Rules of Court , be exercised by the Court in conformity with the law and practice for the time being in force in England . ( 4 of 1876 , s . 16. ) Provided that at any time during the ...
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... proceedings concerning any of such matters avoided ; and in all matters in which there is any conflict or variance between the rules of Equity and the rules of the Common Law with reference to the same matter the rules of Equity shall ...
... proceedings concerning any of such matters avoided ; and in all matters in which there is any conflict or variance between the rules of Equity and the rules of the Common Law with reference to the same matter the rules of Equity shall ...
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... proceedings in the Court or before the Judge to whom Order of it may be addressed in any cause or matter to which the Order extends or is applicable , and the process and proceedings in every such cause or matter , and an attested copy ...
... proceedings in the Court or before the Judge to whom Order of it may be addressed in any cause or matter to which the Order extends or is applicable , and the process and proceedings in every such cause or matter , and an attested copy ...
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accused Administration Affidavit aforesaid Amendment Appeal Court appear application appointed Assessors attachment Bale boundary certify Chap charge Chief Customs Officer Chief Justice claim COLONY OF SOUTHERN committed convicted Coroner criminal custody day of 19 deceased Decree deemed Defendant direct District Commissioner Divisional Court duties Edward the Seventh Egba evidence exceeding execution exportation Fees Governor hard labour hearing hereby Ibadan Imo River imprisonment issue Judge Judgment Debtor Judicial Form Jurors Lagos legal practitioner liable line drawn Majesty Majesty's ment non-commissioned officer notice Number oath offence officer of Customs Order Ordinance otherwise paid party payment penalty person Plaintiff Power and Jurisdiction prison proceedings proper officer Protectorate Province Provincial Collector punishment Registrar Repealed respect Rules SCHEDULE SCHEDULE II sentence Sheriff ship SOUTHERN NIGERIA Southern Nigeria Regiment Suit Summons Supreme Court therein thereof thereto thinks fit trial unless warrant witness Writ Writ of Summons
Popular passages
Page 685 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 684 - Holder" means the payee or indorsee of a bill or note, who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof. "Indorsement" means an indorsement completed by delivery.
Page 706 - The notarial act of honor must be founded on a declaration made by the payer for honor or by his agent in that behalf declaring his intention to pay the bill for honor and for whose honor he pays.
Page 685 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to an indorser in either of the following cases : 1. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract, and the indorser was aware of the fact at the time he indorsed the instrument; 2.
Page 691 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress or force and fear or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 691 - That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Page 707 - The acceptance may be written on any part and it must be written on one part only. If the drawee accepts more than one part, and such accepted parts are negotiated to different holders in due course, he is liable on every such part as if it were a separate bill.
Page 698 - Notice of dishonor may be given by an agent either in his own name or in the name of any party entitled to give notice, whether that party be his principal or not.
Page 299 - ... to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 698 - Except as herein otherwise provided, when a negotiable instrument has been dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment, notice of dishonor must be given to the drawer and to each indorser, and any drawer or indorser to whom such notice is not given is discharged.