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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... question the King's authority or prerogative , the tumult , however numerous or out- rageous the mob may be , is only a riot , and is not treason " ( R. v . Hardie , 1820 , 1 St. Tri . N. S. 623 , 765 ; R. v . Gordon , 1781 , 21 St. Tri ...
... question the King's authority or prerogative , the tumult , however numerous or out- rageous the mob may be , is only a riot , and is not treason " ( R. v . Hardie , 1820 , 1 St. Tri . N. S. 623 , 765 ; R. v . Gordon , 1781 , 21 St. Tri ...
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... question ] . The only restriction upon the employment of painting or sculpture for the decoration of the fabric appears to be that the objects represented must not necessarily inculcate an unlawful doctrine . But , inasmuch as the ...
... question ] . The only restriction upon the employment of painting or sculpture for the decoration of the fabric appears to be that the objects represented must not necessarily inculcate an unlawful doctrine . But , inasmuch as the ...
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... con- servators . The question whether it is negligent to leave a moored barge unattended is one of fact , but it is not negligent to do so if there is no reasonable ground to anticipate danger to the barge ( The 24 RIVERS CONSERVANCY.
... con- servators . The question whether it is negligent to leave a moored barge unattended is one of fact , but it is not negligent to do so if there is no reasonable ground to anticipate danger to the barge ( The 24 RIVERS CONSERVANCY.
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... question and their tributaries , the territorial waters facing their estuaries , and the roads , railways , lakes , and canals above mentioned . Territorial changes may convert an international into a national river , but the rights ...
... question and their tributaries , the territorial waters facing their estuaries , and the roads , railways , lakes , and canals above mentioned . Territorial changes may convert an international into a national river , but the rights ...
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... question . Prior to the Emancipation Act , Roman Catholics were excluded from all important offices by the existence of certain tests , namely , the oaths of allegiance , abjuration , and supremacy , and the declaration against ...
... question . Prior to the Emancipation Act , Roman Catholics were excluded from all important offices by the existence of certain tests , namely , the oaths of allegiance , abjuration , and supremacy , and the declaration against ...
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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