The Practice of the Law of EvidenceLaw Times Office, 1856 - 427 pages |
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... any contract which , if made between private persons , would be by law required to be in writing , and under seal , such committee , or the directors , may make such contracts on behalf of the company in writing , and under the common ...
... any contract which , if made between private persons , would be by law required to be in writing , and under seal , such committee , or the directors , may make such contracts on behalf of the company in writing , and under the common ...
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Page 407 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by witnesses ; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same may be submitted to the court and jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
Page 393 - Court wherein his evidence shall he received, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or...
Page 405 - If any person called as a witness, or required or desiring to make an affidavit or deposition, shall refuse or be unwilling from alleged conscientious motives to be sworn, it shall be lawful for the court or judge, or other presiding officer, or person qualified to take affidavits or depositions, upon being satisfied of the sincerity of such objection, to permit such person, instead of being sworn, to make his or her solemn affirmation or declaration in the words following ; videlicet, " I, A. I!.,...
Page 406 - ... purporting to be signed by the clerk of the court, or other officer having the custody of the records of the court where the offender was convicted, or by the deputy of such clerk or officer, (for which certificate a fee of five shillings and no more shall be demanded...
Page 402 - Whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no statute exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible...
Page 325 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 329 - That no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon or by reason of any representation or assurance made or given concerning or relating to the character, conduct, credit, ability, trade, or dealings of any other person, to the intent or purpose that such other person may obtain credit, money, or goods upon, unless such representation or assurance be made in writing, signed by the party to be charged therewith.
Page 326 - That in actions of debt, or upon the case, grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take any case out of the operation of the...
Page 269 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer...
Page 380 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such last-mentioned 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.
Bibliographic information
| Pealkiri | The Practice of the Law of Evidence 2. köide of Complete practice of the law of Engl |
| Autor | Edmund Powell |
| Publisher | Law Times Office, 1856 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 sept. 2006 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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