The Canadian Law Times, Volume 32Carswell, 1912 - Law From 1900 to 1908 includes the "Annual digest of Canadian cases ... decided in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in the Supreme and Exchequer Courts of Canada, and in the courts of the provinces ... Edited by Edward B. Brown." |
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... matter of a reference by H. R. H. The Governor - General of Canada in Council to the Supreme Court of Canada of certain questions concern- ing marriage , 834 . J. Johnston and Carswell Co. v . Despard , 216 . Meaford v . Playfair & The ...
... matter of a reference by H. R. H. The Governor - General of Canada in Council to the Supreme Court of Canada of certain questions concern- ing marriage , 834 . J. Johnston and Carswell Co. v . Despard , 216 . Meaford v . Playfair & The ...
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... matter that deeply affects the general public , but the general public , as a rule , is ignorant of or indifferent to matters of finance , and can be easily plucked without being conscious of the plucking . It becomes the duty ...
... matter that deeply affects the general public , but the general public , as a rule , is ignorant of or indifferent to matters of finance , and can be easily plucked without being conscious of the plucking . It becomes the duty ...
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... matter be sub- mitted to the voters . All public utility franchises must be authorized by a majority of the voters . The right of recall is invoked by petition requiring the calling of an election , and the recalled commissioner may be ...
... matter be sub- mitted to the voters . All public utility franchises must be authorized by a majority of the voters . The right of recall is invoked by petition requiring the calling of an election , and the recalled commissioner may be ...
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... matter ends . Yet why should we not believe in the power of faith . Now , whether you call it the " power of mind " or plant the idea higher and call it " faith , " surely there is in it valuable material for thought , and it is not a ...
... matter ends . Yet why should we not believe in the power of faith . Now , whether you call it the " power of mind " or plant the idea higher and call it " faith , " surely there is in it valuable material for thought , and it is not a ...
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... matter . But for such a thing to happen there must be an intense faith , and the capability for it is not , I think , given to one in a thousand . People are continually saying they have faith , but we know that over and over again it ...
... matter . But for such a thing to happen there must be an intense faith , and the capability for it is not , I think , given to one in a thousand . People are continually saying they have faith , but we know that over and over again it ...
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Page 938 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 868 - The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
Page 569 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 985 - Lear. What, art mad ? A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears : see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?
Page 851 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Page 750 - Construing, therefore, the words "regulation of trade and commerce" by the various aids to their interpretation above suggested, they would include political arrangements in regard to trade requiring the sanction of Parliament, regulation of trade in matters of interprovincial concern, and it may be that they would include general regulation of trade affecting the whole Dominion.
Page 941 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of Parliament...
Page 939 - England, and the making and maintenance of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances, which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in Parliament ; and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses, every member of the House hath, and of right ought to have, freedom of speech, to propound, treat, reason, and bring to conclusion the same...
Page 984 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Page 271 - This is the Court of Chancery ; which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire ; which has its worn-out lunatic in every madhouse, and its dead in every churchyard...