Ordinances of Hongkong 1844-65 |
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... Court of Record to be instituted II . From and after the passing of this Ordinance , the Court at Former Court Hongkong with Criminal and Admiralty Jurisdiction , which has at Hongkong hitherto been holden by the Chief Superintendent ...
... Court of Record to be instituted II . From and after the passing of this Ordinance , the Court at Former Court Hongkong with Criminal and Admiralty Jurisdiction , which has at Hongkong hitherto been holden by the Chief Superintendent ...
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... Court . VIII . There shall be and belong to the Supreme Court the following Officers , that is to say , a Registrar , a Clerk , and an Interpreter thereof , and such , and so many other Officers , as to the Governor , or Acting Governor ...
... Court . VIII . There shall be and belong to the Supreme Court the following Officers , that is to say , a Registrar , a Clerk , and an Interpreter thereof , and such , and so many other Officers , as to the Governor , or Acting Governor ...
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Hong Kong. Legislative Council. Supreme Court . XIII . Whenever the Supreme Court shall direct or award any Process against Process against the Sheriff , or award any Process in any Cause , Sheriff . Matter , or Thing wherein the Sheriff ...
Hong Kong. Legislative Council. Supreme Court . XIII . Whenever the Supreme Court shall direct or award any Process against Process against the Sheriff , or award any Process in any Cause , Sheriff . Matter , or Thing wherein the Sheriff ...
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... Court thereon , or render himself to the Prison of the Court in Execution for the same , and that the Defendant shall not , from and after the Date of such Bond or Obligation , remove or withdraw any of his Property from and out of the ...
... Court thereon , or render himself to the Prison of the Court in Execution for the same , and that the Defendant shall not , from and after the Date of such Bond or Obligation , remove or withdraw any of his Property from and out of the ...
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... Court as a Witness in any Suit or Action therein , or upon the Trial of any Indictment or Information , shall refuse or neglect to attend the Court pursuant to such Subpoena , or if any Persons guilty Person shall be guilty of any ...
... Court as a Witness in any Suit or Action therein , or upon the Trial of any Indictment or Information , shall refuse or neglect to attend the Court pursuant to such Subpoena , or if any Persons guilty Person shall be guilty of any ...
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Page 128 - Lading, and every indorsee of a Bill of Lading to whom the Property in the Goods therein mentioned shall pass, upon or by reason of such consignment or indorsement, shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the Bill of Lading had been made with himself II.
Page 127 - ... whether the defect or error be that of the party applying to amend, or not ; and all such amendments may be made with or without costs, and upon such terms as to the...
Page 442 - Felony, and may be indicted and convicted either as an Accessory before the Fact to the principal Felony, together with the principal Felon, or after the Conviction of the principal Felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive Felony whether the principal Felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to Justice...
Page 114 - ... proof can be given the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement 4.
Page 519 - ... shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into Court after such action brought by or on behalf of the defendant...
Page 393 - ... of the company, or been guilty of any misfeasance or breach of trust in relation to the company, the Court may, on the application of...
Page 87 - By f 2, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in any court of justice, or before any person having by law, or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive and examine evidence...
Page 406 - ... and if served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving such service...
Page 413 - The chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
Page 326 - ... certain time or otherwise, the jury, on the trial of any issue, or on any inquisition of damages, may, if they shall think fit, allow interest to the creditor, at a rate not exceeding the current rate of interest from the time when such debts or sums certain were payable, if such debts or sums be payable by virtue of some written instrument at a certain time, or, if payable otherwise, then from the time when demand of payment shall have been made in writing, so as such demand shall give notice...