Encyclopaedia of the laws of England: with forms and precedents by the most eminent legal authoritiesAlexander Wood Renton, Maxwell Alexander Robertson Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1908 |
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Page 12
... possession of the valuable . Where the accused has from the outset schemed to get the victim's property , and the victim meant to part with possession only , the offence is LARCENY . Where the 12 RIDING ARMED.
... possession of the valuable . Where the accused has from the outset schemed to get the victim's property , and the victim meant to part with possession only , the offence is LARCENY . Where the 12 RIDING ARMED.
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... possession of the soil for the purpose of improving it . The Thames Conservancy Acts vest the soil of the bed of the river in the con- servators ; but it has been held that if the words of an Act vesting a river or navigation in a board ...
... possession of the soil for the purpose of improving it . The Thames Conservancy Acts vest the soil of the bed of the river in the con- servators ; but it has been held that if the words of an Act vesting a river or navigation in a board ...
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... possessed similar institutions to the " zemstvos , " viz . , a " duma " and an uprava , " with a mayor at its head , but by the law of June 11 , 1892 , their powers were brought almost entirely under the governors of the towns , who are ...
... possessed similar institutions to the " zemstvos , " viz . , a " duma " and an uprava , " with a mayor at its head , but by the law of June 11 , 1892 , their powers were brought almost entirely under the governors of the towns , who are ...
Page 72
... possession of the goods of A. to B. for safe custody only . The bailee must return the goods on demand , and must not use them . The degree of care expected of the bailee depends on whether the deposit is gratuitous or for reward ...
... possession of the goods of A. to B. for safe custody only . The bailee must return the goods on demand , and must not use them . The degree of care expected of the bailee depends on whether the deposit is gratuitous or for reward ...
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... possession it remained until 1675. For the next 100 years it was sometimes in English , and sometimes in French , hands . Since 1796 it has been a British possession . In Constitution . - St . Vincent has , like Grenada but unlike St ...
... possession it remained until 1675. For the next 100 years it was sometimes in English , and sometimes in French , hands . Since 1796 it has been a British possession . In Constitution . - St . Vincent has , like Grenada but unlike St ...
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Page 102 - certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession and control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented
Page 652 - dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession and control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented
Page 14 - the following proclamation:— Our sovereign lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons being assembled immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.
Page 88 - unless the buyer accepts part of the goods sold, and actually receives the same, or gives something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract is made and signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf;
Page 93 - (whether he be the manufacturer or not), there is an implied condition that the goods shall be reasonably fit for such purpose ; provided that in the case of a contract for the sale of a specified article under its patent or other trade name, there is no implied condition as to its fitness for any particular purpose (s. 14 (1);
Page 319 - to be held by them in trust for the said wife until the said intended marriage, and thereafter upon the trusts, and with and subject to the powers and provisions hereinafter declared of and concerning the same: AND WHEREAS upon the treaty for the said intended marriage it was agreed that these presents should contain such
Page 97 - when goods are sold by a person who is not the owner thereof, and who does not sell them under the authority or with the consent of the owner, the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than the seller had, unless the owner is by his conduct precluded from denying the seller's authority to sell
Page 52 - I, AB, do utterly testify and declare in my conscience that the Queen's Highness is the only supreme governor of this realm, and of all other Her Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual and ecclesiastical things or causes as temporal
Page 344 - who being a son or sons shall attain the age of twenty-one years, or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry, then the said [trustees] and the survivors or survivor of them, or the executors or administrators of such survivor, or other the trustees or trustee
Page 96 - and where, in pursuance of the contract, the seller delivers the goods to the buyer or to a carrier or other bailee for the purpose of transmission to the buyer, and does not reserve the right of disposal, he is deemed to have unconditionally appropriated the goods to the contract