The New Law Reports, 22. köideDepartment of Government Printing, 1922 "Containing cases decided in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) by the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal." (varies). |
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Page xii
... execution of the note , section 9 did not apply , and the action was maintainable . ( 3 ) If , however , the second plaintiff joined the firm before the execution of the note , the action ought to be dismissed ; but the plaintiff might ...
... execution of the note , section 9 did not apply , and the action was maintainable . ( 3 ) If , however , the second plaintiff joined the firm before the execution of the note , the action ought to be dismissed ; but the plaintiff might ...
Page xv
... execution by the Fiscal on a writ issued by the plaintiff , and was purchased by the appellant . The respondent obtained a judgment in D. C. , Colombo , 51,377 , and seized the same land in execution , but the Fiscal purported to sell ...
... execution by the Fiscal on a writ issued by the plaintiff , and was purchased by the appellant . The respondent obtained a judgment in D. C. , Colombo , 51,377 , and seized the same land in execution , but the Fiscal purported to sell ...
Page xvi
... execute In a previous case defendant certain repairs to a boiler within two months . This order was not complied ... execution of decrees and orders were intended to be exhaustive , and it is not competent to a party who has obtained ...
... execute In a previous case defendant certain repairs to a boiler within two months . This order was not complied ... execution of decrees and orders were intended to be exhaustive , and it is not competent to a party who has obtained ...
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... execute an instrument which under our law must be notarially executed can be given orally Co - owner Corroboration ... ... 159 129 , 223 , 345 395 PAGE Costs- 1. Fresh survey ordered to be made at XX 476 374 Marikar et 129 159 Account ...
... execute an instrument which under our law must be notarially executed can be given orally Co - owner Corroboration ... ... 159 129 , 223 , 345 395 PAGE Costs- 1. Fresh survey ordered to be made at XX 476 374 Marikar et 129 159 Account ...
Page xxv
... District Court . 366 159 ... 331 Deed- 1. Authority to execute notarially attested instrument can be given orally 2. Deed of exchange among co - heirs Defamation- Defamation - Privilege . Excessive language used in communications XXV 366.
... District Court . 366 159 ... 331 Deed- 1. Authority to execute notarially attested instrument can be given orally 2. Deed of exchange among co - heirs Defamation- Defamation - Privilege . Excessive language used in communications XXV 366.
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Popular passages
Page 492 - Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, without disclosing his principal, does not exempt him from personal liability.
Page 4 - For these reasons I have come to the conclusion that the plaintiff has failed to prove any unlawful obstruction of the highway, and that his action should have been dismissed. In my opinion the appeal should be allowed with costs here and below. Appeal allowed. Solicitors for appellants: Cronin & Son. Solicitors for respondent: JH Milner & Son.
Page 509 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 157 - ... it seems to me, that, as soon as a person is entitled to possession, and enters in the assertion of that possession, or, which is exactly the same thing, any other person enters by command of that lawful owner, so entitled to possession, the law immediately vests the actual possession in the person who has so entered. If there are two persons in a...
Page 509 - An instrument is payable at a determinable future time, within the meaning of this act, which is expressed to be payable 1. At a fixed period after date or sight ; or 2.
Page 97 - ... who ought to have been joined, or whose presence before the Court may be necessary in order to enable the Court effectually and completely to adjudicate upon and settle all the questions involved in the cause or matter, be added.
Page 208 - ... any cause to show why he should not be convicted, or why an order should not be made against him, as the case may be, and if he thereupon admit the truth of such information or complaint, and show no cause or no sufficient cause why he should not be convicted...
Page 265 - King is the owner of this great waste, and as a consequent of his propriety hath the primary right of fishing in the sea and the creeks and arms thereof; yet the common people of England have regularly a liberty of fishing in the sea or creeks or arms thereof, as a public common of piscary, and may not without injury to their right be restrained of it, unless in such places, creeks or navigable rivers, where either the King or some particular subject hath gained a propriety exclusive of that common...
Page 29 - Department, assumes or uses in connection with any trade, business, calling, or profession, the royal arms, or arms so nearly resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive, in such a manner as to be calculated to lead other persons to believe that he is carrying on his trade, business, calling, or profession by or under such authority as aforesaid, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
Page 74 - Some expressions here used undoubtedly go beyond what was necessary for self-defence, but it does not therefore follow that they afford evidence of malice for a jury. To submit the language of privileged communications to a strict scrutiny, and to hold all excess beyond the absolute exigency of the occasion, to be evidence of malice, would in effect greatly limit, if not altogether defeat, that protection which the law throws over privileged communications.