Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of LordsT. & T. Clark, 1905 |
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Page 178 - inter alia, that any action, prosecution, or other proceeding against any person for any act done in pursuance or execution, or intended execution, of any Act of Parliament, or of any public duty or authority, shall not lie or be instituted unless it is commenced within six mouths
Page 317 - week, not exceeding fifty per cent of his average weekly earnings during the previous twelve months, if he has been so long employed, but if not, then for any less period during which he has been in the employment of the same employer, such weekly payment not to exceed one pound.
Page 25 - Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed ; I will not give sleep to my eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids, until I find a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
Page 404 - of compensation is limited to such persons as are entitled to sue for damages " as were wholly or in part dependent upon the earnings of the workman at the time of his death." If it had been meant that the right was to be limited to those who were in the position to sue
Page 125 - in Scotland such of the persons entitled according to the law of Scotland to sue the employer for damages or solatium in respect of the death of the workman as were wholly or in part dependent upon the earnings of the workman at the time of his death.
Page 9 - for and in respect of the annual profits or gains arising or accruing to any person residing in the United Kingdom, from any profession, trade, employment, or vocation, whether the same shall be respectively carried on in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
Page 40 - Whereas it is an essential doctrine of this Church and a fundamental principle in its constitution as set forth in the Confession of Faith thereof in accordance with the Word and Law of the Most Holy God, that there is no other Head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ
Page 169 - 3, sec. 3, and is therefore entitled to have his name inserted in the list of persons entitled to vote in the election of a member for the counties of Peebles and Selkirk, or if he is not so entitled, whether the said George Urquhart is entitled to have his name inserted in said list, in
Page 157 - for and in respect of the annual profits or gains arising or accruing to any person residing in the United Kingdom from any kind of property whatever whether situated in the United Kingdom or elsewhere . . .
Page 16 - When goods are delivered to the buyer on approval, or ' on sale or return' or other similar terms, the property therein passes to the buyer: (a) When he signifies his approval or acceptance to the seller, or does any other act adopting the transaction.