The Central Law Journal, Volume 17Soule, Thomas & Wentworth, 1883 - Law Vols. 64-96 include "Central law journal's international law list". |
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... existence when the trial . was had against which the defendant had offend- ed . As the law stood prior to 1870 , there was in Colorado but one grade of murder , and one mode of punishing the offense , which was death by hanging ...
... existence when the trial . was had against which the defendant had offend- ed . As the law stood prior to 1870 , there was in Colorado but one grade of murder , and one mode of punishing the offense , which was death by hanging ...
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... existence at all , practically , so far as this offense is concerned . Formerly , it op- erated as an acquittal of the highest grade of the offense . As it now exists , it is more unfavorable to the party pleading it than the plea of ...
... existence at all , practically , so far as this offense is concerned . Formerly , it op- erated as an acquittal of the highest grade of the offense . As it now exists , it is more unfavorable to the party pleading it than the plea of ...
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... existence of the O. L. J. After the coincidence mentioned in the Virginia Law Journal for June , we looked over our exchanges , and now suppose that we must have gotten the incident of the two - line opinion of the Pennsylvania supreme ...
... existence of the O. L. J. After the coincidence mentioned in the Virginia Law Journal for June , we looked over our exchanges , and now suppose that we must have gotten the incident of the two - line opinion of the Pennsylvania supreme ...
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... existence , but it had been ter- minated , and it is fairly inferred that the plaintiff made a claim upon him , and if he voluntarily recognized it by a promise , the transaction was in the nature of a comprom- ise . The defendant ...
... existence , but it had been ter- minated , and it is fairly inferred that the plaintiff made a claim upon him , and if he voluntarily recognized it by a promise , the transaction was in the nature of a comprom- ise . The defendant ...
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... existence of a stream , which is ordinarily and most frequently a moving body of water.3 In New Jersey it is defined as " A channel or canal for the conveyance of water , particular- ly in draining lands . It may be natural , as when it ...
... existence of a stream , which is ordinarily and most frequently a moving body of water.3 In New Jersey it is defined as " A channel or canal for the conveyance of water , particular- ly in draining lands . It may be natural , as when it ...
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Page 355 - In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing property for the benefit of another, a fiduciary shall exercise the judgment and care, under the circumstances then prevailing, which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital.
Page 208 - Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river has naturally an equal right to the use of the water which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run ('currere solebat'), without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water, to the prejudice of other proprietors, above or below him, unless he has a prior right to divert it, or a title to some exclusive enjoyment. He has no property in the water itself, but a simple usufruct while it passes along. 'Aqua...
Page 230 - no suit, either at law or in equity, shall be maintainable in any court between an assignee in bankruptcy and a person claiming an adverse interest, touching any property or rights of property transferable to or vested in *such assignee, unless brought within two years from the time when the cause of action accrued for or against such assignee.
Page 220 - 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 301 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 131 - It is not easy to define with precision what will, in all cases, constitute an insurable interest, so as to take the contract out of the class of wager policies. It may be stated generally, however, to be such an interest arising: from the relations of the party obtaining the insurance, either as creditor of or surety for the assured, or from the ties of blood or marriage to him, as will justify a reasonable expectation of advantage or benefit from the continuance of his life.
Page 170 - If the interest of the assured in the property be any other than the entire unconditional and sole ownership of the property for the use and benefit of the assured...
Page 15 - Washington, he said, in his charge to the jury, that ' an ex post facto law is one which, in its operation, makes that criminal which was not so at the time the action was performed, or which increases the punishment; or, in short, which, in relation to the offense or its consequences, alters the situation of a party to his disadvantage.
Page 254 - But, further, he has a right to the use of it for any purpose, or what may be deemed ihe extraordinary use of it, provided that he does not thereby interfere with the rights of other proprietors, either above or below him. Subject to this condition he...
Page 254 - By the general law applicable to running streams, every riparian proprietor has a right to what may be called the ordinary use of the water flowing past his land ; for instance, to the reasonable use of the water for his domestic purposes and for his cattle, and this without regard to the effect which such use may have, in case of a deficiency, upon proprietors lower down the stream.