A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of King's Bench: Common Pleas, Exchequer, and at Nisi Prius ; and of the Rules of Court, from the Restoration in 1660, to Michaelmas Term, 4 Geo. IV. With Important Manuscript Cases, Alphabetically, Chronologically, and Systematically Arranged and Translated ; with Copius Notes and References to the Year Books, Analogous Adjudications, Text Writers, and Statutes, Specifying what Decisions Have Been Affirmed, Recognised, Qualified, Or Over-ruled ; Comprising a Practical Treatise on the Different Branches of the Common Law, Volume 10Treadway, 1831 - Law |
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... given by the exe to C. the contractor , by persons employed by him , for money therein stated to cutors of a have been paid to them for work and materials done and provided for the bu- contractor siness in which he was employed under ...
... given by the exe to C. the contractor , by persons employed by him , for money therein stated to cutors of a have been paid to them for work and materials done and provided for the bu- contractor siness in which he was employed under ...
Page 41
... given back to her , with a request that she would not apply again until she was duly informed that the money had been remitted to the office . Almost immediately after this second visit the other prisoner John Morris , wrote a letter to ...
... given back to her , with a request that she would not apply again until she was duly informed that the money had been remitted to the office . Almost immediately after this second visit the other prisoner John Morris , wrote a letter to ...
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... given . presumed Per Cur . The object in offering this evidence is not to increase the num- by the jury from the ber of offences , but merely to draw an inference that the prisoners had a knowl- circumstan edge of the nature of the ...
... given . presumed Per Cur . The object in offering this evidence is not to increase the num- by the jury from the ber of offences , but merely to draw an inference that the prisoners had a knowl- circumstan edge of the nature of the ...
Page 56
... given at the trial , there being two subscribing witnesses to the indenture , and neither of them having been produced . transac 3rd . With respect to private transactions . 1st . In general . 1. REX V. BRYAN . E. T. 1731. K. B. 2 Stra ...
... given at the trial , there being two subscribing witnesses to the indenture , and neither of them having been produced . transac 3rd . With respect to private transactions . 1st . In general . 1. REX V. BRYAN . E. T. 1731. K. B. 2 Stra ...
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... given the injury complained of was done ; or , whether this supposed title thereto was purpose , is not wholly void , as being created by parol under any , and which of the provi- sions in the statute of frauds , or on any and what ...
... given the injury complained of was done ; or , whether this supposed title thereto was purpose , is not wholly void , as being created by parol under any , and which of the provi- sions in the statute of frauds , or on any and what ...
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Popular passages
Page 183 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 309 - Scofield, which comprises all the principles of the former decisions, entirely governs the present case ; that so long as an act rests in bare intention, it is not punishable by our laws ; but immediately when an act is done, the law judges not only of the act done, but of the intent with which it is done ; and if accompanied with an unlawful and malicious intent, though the act itself would otherwise have been innocent, the intent being criminal, the act becomes criminal and punishable.
Page 68 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person thereunto...
Page 478 - ... being in insolvent circumstances, voluntarily convey, assign, transfer, charge, deliver, or make over any estate real or personal, security for money, bond, bill, note, money, property, goods, or effects whatsoever, to any creditor or creditors, or to any person or persons in trust for, or to or for the use, benefit, or advantage of any creditor or creditors, every such conveyance...
Page 66 - By the seventeenth section, it is enacted that " no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of £10 sterling, or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part...
Page 476 - Prisoner in or to any Real and Personal Estate and Effects within this Realm or abroad which such Prisoner may purchase, or which may revert, descend, be devised or bequeathed, or come to him...
Page 309 - All offences of a public nature, that is, all such acts or attempts as tend to the prejudice of the community, are indictable.
Page 480 - ... creditors, together with the nature and amount of such debts and claims respectively, distinguishing such as shall be admitted from such as shall be disputed by such prisoner...
Page 368 - ... Duty, or upon any Person acting in aid of such Officer ; of any Assault upon...
Page 141 - ... mantrap, or other engine calculated to destroy human life or inflict grievous bodily harm, with the intent that the same or whereby the same may destroy or inflict grievous bodily harm...