The Victorian Law ReportsPublished under the direction of the Council of Law Reporting by Charles F. Maxwell, 1914 |
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Page 522 - That an action will lie for written or oral falsehoods, not actionable per se nor even defamatory, where they are maliciously published, where they are Calculated in the ordinary course of things to produce, and where they do produce, actual damage, is established law.
Page 450 - ... money wholly and exclusively laid out or expended for the purposes of such trade...
Page 134 - ... or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 67 - The question whether or not an agent is entitled to commission on a sale of property has repeatedly been litigated : and it has usually been decided, that, if the relation of buyer and seller is really brought about by the act of the agent, he is entitled to commission although the actual sale has not been effected by him.
Page 276 - A gift to a class is a gift of an aggregate sum to a body of persons uncertain in number, at the time of the gift to be ascertained at a future time, who are all to take in equal or in some other definite proportions; the share of each being dependent for its amount upon the ultimate number.
Page 35 - ... at the rate of one month's pay for each year of service.
Page 267 - ... it shall be lawful for the said lessor at any time thereafter into and upon the said demised premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole to re-enter and the same to have again re-possess and enjoy as of his or their former estate anything hereinafter contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 109 - All dangerous parts of the machinery, and every part of the mill gearing, must either be securely fenced, or be in such position or of such construction as to be equally safe to every person employed or working in the factory as it would be if it were securely fenced...
Page 182 - Where the defendant appears to a writ of summons specially indorsed under Order III, Rule 6, the plaintiff may, on affidavit made by himself, or by any other person who can swear positively to the facts, verifying the cause of action and the amount claimed (if any), and stating that in his belief there is no defence to the action...
Page 144 - The Court or a Judge shall have power to enlarge or abridge the time' appointed by these Rules, or fixed by any order enlarging time, for doing any act or taking any proceeding, upon such terms (if any) as the justice of the case may require, and any such enlargement may be ordered although the application for the same is not made until after the expiration of the time appointed or allowed.