Encyclopaedia of the laws of England: with forms and precedents by the most eminent legal authoritiesAlexander Wood Renton, Maxwell Alexander Robertson Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1908 |
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... duty towards the public to keep in proper repair all things projecting from his house which are capable of causing harm should they fall ( Tarry v . Ashton , 1876 , 1 Q. B. D. 314 ) . The owner of a house may possess an easement ...
... duty towards the public to keep in proper repair all things projecting from his house which are capable of causing harm should they fall ( Tarry v . Ashton , 1876 , 1 Q. B. D. 314 ) . The owner of a house may possess an easement ...
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... duty and regulations as to stamping , see Vol . II . p . 216 , and Alpe's Stamp Laws , 1907 ed . See below , 10 . 2. Application of Rules as to Bills of Exchange . - A promissory note is a NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT . It is substantially the ...
... duty and regulations as to stamping , see Vol . II . p . 216 , and Alpe's Stamp Laws , 1907 ed . See below , 10 . 2. Application of Rules as to Bills of Exchange . - A promissory note is a NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT . It is substantially the ...
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... duty of the subject to prosecute on behalf of the Crown for any criminal offence ; and in the case of larceny , the owner of the stolen property was given a special inducement by obtaining a right to restitution of the goods on ...
... duty of the subject to prosecute on behalf of the Crown for any criminal offence ; and in the case of larceny , the owner of the stolen property was given a special inducement by obtaining a right to restitution of the goods on ...
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... duty of the justices and their clerks to return the depositions and statement of the accused , and the recognisances ... duties as the clerks of petty sessional divisions . The place where the preliminary inquiry is held is not an open ...
... duty of the justices and their clerks to return the depositions and statement of the accused , and the recognisances ... duties as the clerks of petty sessional divisions . The place where the preliminary inquiry is held is not an open ...
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... duty . In 1906 the Reserve Forces Acts were extended to men in British Protectorates ( see 6 Edw . VII . c . 11 , s . 1 ) . Lastly , in 1907 , provision was made ( 7 Edw . VII . c . 16 ) for the extension by Orders in Council ( not yet ...
... duty . In 1906 the Reserve Forces Acts were extended to men in British Protectorates ( see 6 Edw . VII . c . 11 , s . 1 ) . Lastly , in 1907 , provision was made ( 7 Edw . VII . c . 16 ) for the extension by Orders in Council ( not yet ...
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Page 27 - promissory note is an unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay, on demand or at a fixed or determinate future time, a sum certain in money, to, or to the order of, a specified person, or to bearer. This definition
Page 313 - competent sums of money for and towards the necessary relief of the lame, impotent, old, blind, and such other among them, being poor and not able to work, and also for the putting out of such children to be apprentices, to be gathered out of the same parish according to the ability
Page 82 - 1. The action, prosecution, or proceeding shall not lie or be instituted unless it is commenced within six months next after the act, neglect, or default complained of, or in case of a continuance of injury or damage, within six months next after the ceasing thereof. 2. Where
Page 82 - pursuance or execution, or intended execution of any Act of Parliament, or of any public duty or authority, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of any such act, duty, or authority, the following provisions
Page 322 - allowed by any justices, or be of any force, which shall not be made upon an estimate of the net annual value of the several hereditaments rated thereunto, that is to say, of the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual tenant's rates, and taxes, and tithe
Page 383 - enacted that a receiver may be appointed by an interlocutory order of the Court in all cases in which it shall appear to the Court to be just or convenient that such order should be made; and any such order may be made either unconditionally or upon such terms and conditions as the Court shall think just. The
Page 199 - all usual tenants' rates and taxes and tithe commutation rent-charge (if any), and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses (if any) necessary to maintain the same in a state to command such rent.
Page 680 - goods being at the commencement of the bankruptcy in the possession order or disposition of the bankrupt in his trade or business, by the consent and permission of the true owner, under such circumstances that he is the reputed owner thereof. Things in action
Page 143 - generally in all matters not hereinbefore particularly mentioned, 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 prevail.
Page 653 - a writ of summons so renewed shall remain in force and be available to prevent the operation of any statute whereby the time for the commencement of the action may be limited, and for all other purposes, from the date of the issuing of the original writ of summons.