The Legal Doctrine of Responsibility in Cases of Insanity, Connected with Alleged Criminal Acts1863 - 43 pages |
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... hand it must be acknowledged that corporations may be guilty of offences , the remedy of which is a public prosecution , e . g . , the non - repair of a highway . But such acts are not crimes in any accurate sense of the word ; and ...
... hand it must be acknowledged that corporations may be guilty of offences , the remedy of which is a public prosecution , e . g . , the non - repair of a highway . But such acts are not crimes in any accurate sense of the word ; and ...
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... one dealing with the subject must have constantly in his hands , and to which he must always owe more than he can acknowledge . The great reform suggested by Mr. Cory , which alone 40 THE FIRM ; " MERCANTILE NOTION OF 66.
... one dealing with the subject must have constantly in his hands , and to which he must always owe more than he can acknowledge . The great reform suggested by Mr. Cory , which alone 40 THE FIRM ; " MERCANTILE NOTION OF 66.
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... hand , every partner is " an acting and all - efficient officer , " the sole visible representative of the unseen firm ; able , as to third parties , not only to dispose of all the effects of the firm , but also to bind it by his acts ...
... hand , every partner is " an acting and all - efficient officer , " the sole visible representative of the unseen firm ; able , as to third parties , not only to dispose of all the effects of the firm , but also to bind it by his acts ...
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... hand , will only interfere on behalf of some one or more of the partners as individuals against the others . Refusing to recognize the firm as distinct from its members - viewing it merely as an aggregate of personal atoms - they find ...
... hand , will only interfere on behalf of some one or more of the partners as individuals against the others . Refusing to recognize the firm as distinct from its members - viewing it merely as an aggregate of personal atoms - they find ...
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... hand over a few extra yards of clearing to the next day's worker . And so , on every single head of Equity jurisdiction in partnership matters , its scope will be found limited in practice within bounds which may often seem wholly ...
... hand over a few extra yards of clearing to the next day's worker . And so , on every single head of Equity jurisdiction in partnership matters , its scope will be found limited in practice within bounds which may often seem wholly ...
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Page 467 - ... the respective judges and other magistrates of the two Governments shall have power, jurisdiction, and authority, upon complaint made under oath, to issue a warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive or person so charged, that he may be brought before such judges or other magistrates, respectively, to the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered...
Page 652 - ... not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases which those words, in their ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which the legislature has obviously used them, would comprehend. The intention of the legislature is to be collected from the words they employ.
Page 270 - The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
Page 669 - ... or with intent to cruise or commit hostilities against any prince, state, or potentate, or against the subjects or citizens of any prince, state, or potentate, or against the persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in any colony, province, or part of any province, or country...
Page 467 - ... to the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered; and if, on such hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge, it shall be the duty of the examining judge or magistrate to certify the same to the proper executive authority, that a warrant may issue for the surrender of such fugitive. The expense of such apprehension and delivery shall be borne and defrayed by the party who makes the requisition and receives the fugitive.
Page 268 - ... of the prevailing opinion, really does deter people from professing contrary opinions, and from listening to those who profess them. For the interest, therefore, of truth and justice, it is far more important to restrain this employment of vituperative language than the other; and, for example, if it were necessary to choose, there would be much more need to discourage offensive attacks on infidelity, than on religion.
Page 669 - Majesty shall not then be at war, or shall within the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's dominions, or in any settlement, colony, territory, island, or place belonging or subject to His Majesty, issue or deliver any commission for any ship or vessel, to the intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed as aforesaid...
Page 318 - For the purpose of determining the object of a testator's bounty, or the subject of disposition, or the quantity of interest intended to be given by his will, a court may inquire into every material fact relating to the person who claims to be interested under the will, and to the property, which is claimed as the subject of disposition, and to the circumstances of the testator and of his family and affairs; for the purpose of enabling the court to identify the person or thing intended by the testator,...
Page 266 - ... still exist by law; and their enforcement is not, even in these times, so unexampled as to make it at all incredible that they may some day be revived in full force. In the year 1857, at the summer assizes of the county of Cornwall, an unfortunate man," said to be of unexceptionable conduct in all relations of life, was sentenced to twenty-one months imprisonment, for uttering, and writing on a gate, some offensive words concerning Christianity.
Page 217 - For there are in nature certain fountains of justice, whence all civil laws are derived but as streams; and like as waters do take tinctures and tastes from the soils through which they run, so do civil laws vary according to the regions and governments where they are planted, though they proceed from the same fountains.