The New Law Reports, 19. köideDepartment of Government Printing, 1917 "Containing cases decided in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) by the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal." (varies) |
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Page vii
... Negombo , 10,204 3. Omission of the name of the appellant from the caption Arbitration - Entering judgment in terms of award without notice - Appeal . 4 . No notice of filing award was given to any of the parties , nor was notice given ...
... Negombo , 10,204 3. Omission of the name of the appellant from the caption Arbitration - Entering judgment in terms of award without notice - Appeal . 4 . No notice of filing award was given to any of the parties , nor was notice given ...
Page xviii
... Negombo , 11,240 349 79 104 349 433 Contract- 1. Ratification .. 2. Contract by a minor - Lease 25 193 3. Acceptance of tundu and payment of cheque - May acceptor repudiate contract on the ground that discharge ticket was not sent ...
... Negombo , 11,240 349 79 104 349 433 Contract- 1. Ratification .. 2. Contract by a minor - Lease 25 193 3. Acceptance of tundu and payment of cheque - May acceptor repudiate contract on the ground that discharge ticket was not sent ...
Page xx
... Negombo , 25,354 188 6. Habitual criminal - Plea of guilty - Conviction by Magis- trate - Jurisdiction 223 7. Sentence of one month's imprisonment and order to give security to be of good bahaviour - Appeal 276 8 . Sentence of ...
... Negombo , 25,354 188 6. Habitual criminal - Plea of guilty - Conviction by Magis- trate - Jurisdiction 223 7. Sentence of one month's imprisonment and order to give security to be of good bahaviour - Appeal 276 8 . Sentence of ...
Page xxiv
... April 19 , 1912 , the arrack rents for the Negombo and Anuradhapura Dis- tricts for the years 1912-1913 . On March 4 a circular letter 186 218 440 was issued by the Government to prospective purchasers of arrack ( xxiv )
... April 19 , 1912 , the arrack rents for the Negombo and Anuradhapura Dis- tricts for the years 1912-1913 . On March 4 a circular letter 186 218 440 was issued by the Government to prospective purchasers of arrack ( xxiv )
Page xxvii
... of a judgment in rem , and valid as against all the world until it is set aside . MIRANDO 10,606 v . COUDERT , 46 , District Court , Negombo , PAGE 492 90 Fine Fiscal's sale PAGE 312 468 Fiscal- 1. Action against ( xxvii )
... of a judgment in rem , and valid as against all the world until it is set aside . MIRANDO 10,606 v . COUDERT , 46 , District Court , Negombo , PAGE 492 90 Fine Fiscal's sale PAGE 312 468 Fiscal- 1. Action against ( xxvii )
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Page 420 - Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, without disclosing his principal, does not exempt him from personal liability.
Page 123 - ... who ought to have been joined, or whose presence before the Court may be necessary in order to enable the Court effectually and completely to adjudicate upon and settle all the questions involved in the cause or matter, be added.
Page 71 - There is a presumption that mens rea, an evil intention, or a knowledge of the wrongfulness of the act, is an essential ingredient in every offence; but that presumption is liable to be displaced either by the words of the statute creating the offence or by the subject-matter with which it deals, and both must be considered: Nichols v Hall Law Rep 8 CP 322.
Page 420 - Provided that— (1) Where a person signs a bill in a trade or assumed name, he is liable thereon as if he had signed it in his own name.
Page 29 - That an act done, for another, by a person, not assuming to act for himself, but for such other person, though without any precedent authority whatever, becomes the act of the principal, if subsequently ratified by him.
Page 7 - In the absence of proof of the neutral character of goods found on board an enemy vessel, they are presumed to be enemy goods.
Page 462 - It affects him, not because it amounts to notice, but because the law does not allow litigant parties to give to others, pending the litigation, rights to the property in dispute, so as to prejudice the opposite party.
Page 180 - Calcutta; provided that their inheritance and succession to lands, rents, and goods, and all matters of contract and dealing between party and party...
Page 247 - ... the law to be administered shall be the same as would be administered in England...
Page 420 - Where a person signs a bill as drawer, indorser, or acceptor, and adds words to his signature, indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative character, he is not personally liable thereon; but the mere addition to his signature of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, does not exempt him from personal liability.