The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 10. köideEncyclopedia Britannica Company, 1910 |
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... person . He was never loved by the political managers ; he was always enthusiastically received by assemblies of the people . He would have said himself that the most eager wish of his life had been for the higher education of his ...
... person . He was never loved by the political managers ; he was always enthusiastically received by assemblies of the people . He would have said himself that the most eager wish of his life had been for the higher education of his ...
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... person for the purpose of enabling him to decide a disputed question . Evidence in the widest sense includes all ... persons having a general , but not neces- sarily a particular , acquaintance with the persons , places and facts to ...
... person for the purpose of enabling him to decide a disputed question . Evidence in the widest sense includes all ... persons having a general , but not neces- sarily a particular , acquaintance with the persons , places and facts to ...
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... person who in any criminal proceed- ing is charged with the commission of any indictable offence , or any offence punishable on summary conviction , competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself , or shall ...
... person who in any criminal proceed- ing is charged with the commission of any indictable offence , or any offence punishable on summary conviction , competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself , or shall ...
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... person so charged , shall be a competent witness for the defence historical sense . But notwithstanding these defects , the con- at every stage of the proceedings , whether the person so charged spicuous ability of the author , his ...
... person so charged , shall be a competent witness for the defence historical sense . But notwithstanding these defects , the con- at every stage of the proceedings , whether the person so charged spicuous ability of the author , his ...
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... persons against statements affecting their character . And lastly they prevent the infinite waste of time which ... person having once or many times in his life done a particular act in a particular way make it more probable that he ...
... persons against statements affecting their character . And lastly they prevent the infinite waste of time which ... person having once or many times in his life done a particular act in a particular way make it more probable that he ...
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Page 20 - ... he has personally or by his advocate asked questions of the witnesses for the prosecution with a view to establish his own good character, or has given evidence of his good character, or the nature or conduct of the defence is such as to involve imputations on the character of the prosecutor or the witnesses for the prosecution; or (iii) he has given evidence against any other person charged with the same offence.
Page 65 - ... present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble : the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Page 56 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 19 - An EXAMINATION of the RULES of LAW respecting the Admission of EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE in Aid of the INTERPRETATION of WILLS.
Page 21 - ... 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.
Page 120 - Where a mercantile agent has, with the consent of the owner, been in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods, any sale, pledge, or other disposition, which would have been valid if the consent had continued, shall be valid notwithstanding the determination of the consent : provided that the person taking under the disposition has not at the time thereof notice that the consent has been determined.
Page 120 - mercantile agent " shall mean a mercantile agent having in the customary course of his business as such agent authority either to sell goods, or to consign goods for the purpose of sale, or to buy goods, or to raise money on the security of goods...
Page 73 - Sea, going before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night, in a pillar of fire.
Page 284 - Along with whatever any Intelligence knows it must, as the ground or condition of its knowledge, have some cognisance of itself.
Page 12 - ... competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself or herself, or shall in any criminal proceeding render any husband competent or compellable to give evidence for or against his wife, or any wife competent or compellable to give evidence for or against her husband.