A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, as Administered in England and Ireland: With Illustrations from the American and Other Foreign Laws, 2. köideW. Maxwell, 1858 - 1675 pages |
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Page 798
... house and put a knife to your throat , and steal your property , it would be no corroboration that he had stated all the facts correctly , that he had described how the person did put a knife to the throat , and did steal the property ...
... house and put a knife to your throat , and steal your property , it would be no corroboration that he had stated all the facts correctly , that he had described how the person did put a knife to the throat , and did steal the property ...
Page 805
... house , -have each and all of them been held to relate to matters which were not of such frequent occurrence , or of so small importance , or so essentially necessary for the purposes for which the corporations . were respectively ...
... house , -have each and all of them been held to relate to matters which were not of such frequent occurrence , or of so small importance , or so essentially necessary for the purposes for which the corporations . were respectively ...
Page 847
... house ; or a contract that an arbitrator shall determine the amount of damages sustained by a party , in consequence of a road having been made through his lands ; are not within the statute . How far the Act applies to profits à ...
... house ; or a contract that an arbitrator shall determine the amount of damages sustained by a party , in consequence of a road having been made through his lands ; are not within the statute . How far the Act applies to profits à ...
Page 921
... house , a ship , or the like , it is competent for him , in an action on the case for a deceitful representation , to prove the fraud by evidence aliundè , though the written contract or the deed of conveyance is silent on the subject ...
... house , a ship , or the like , it is competent for him , in an action on the case for a deceitful representation , to prove the fraud by evidence aliundè , though the written contract or the deed of conveyance is silent on the subject ...
Page 949
... house or of land , —shall , either at the commencement , or during the con- tinuance , of the term be in a proper state for habitation or cultivation , or that , in other respects , it shall be reasonably fit for the purpose for which ...
... house or of land , —shall , either at the commencement , or during the con- tinuance , of the term be in a proper state for habitation or cultivation , or that , in other respects , it shall be reasonably fit for the purpose for which ...
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15 Vict 21 Vict 9 Vict action admissible admitted affidavit allowed answer appear apply attendance attesting attorney authorised Barrister-at-Law Beav bill Bing cause certificate Chancery cited clause clerk commissioners common law compel contained contract conviction copy Court Court of Chancery Courts of Equity criminal cross-examination custody declaration deed defendant deposited documents Dowl enacts enrolled entitled equity examined execution fact give evidence granted held indictment inspection instrument intended Ireland issue judge judgment jury justice lease Lord Brougham Lord Denman Lord Eldon Lord Ellenborough Lord Mansfield Lord Tenterden marriage ment oath offence parish Parke parol evidence party payment person plaintiff prisoner probate proceedings produced proof proved purporting purpose question recognised record registrar respect rule seal signature signed statute Statute of Frauds subpoena suit summons sworn testator testimony therein thereof Tindal trial vols warrant witness writ writing
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Page 859 - It shall be signed at the foot or end thereof, by the testator or by some other person in his presence, and by his direction, and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator, in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator and of each other but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 1083 - The 2nd clause provides as follows, — that, " on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in any Court of justice, or before any person having by law, or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence...
Page 1078 - ... by reason of incapacity from crime or interest from giving evidence, either in person or by deposition, according to the practice of the court, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or...
Page 1128 - A -witness is allowed to refresh his memory respecting a fact, by anything written by himself or under his direction at the time when the fact occurred or immediately thereafter, or at any other time when the fact was fresh in his memory and he knew that the same was correctly stated in the writing.
Page 1162 - A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing, or reduced into writing, relative to the subject-matter of the cause without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing, his attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him...
Page 1098 - A husband cannot be examined for or against his wife without her consent; nor a wife for or against her husband without his consent; nor can either, during the marriage or afterward, be, without the consent of the other, examined as to any communication made by one to the other during the marriage...
Page 1145 - A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the judge, prove that ho has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony...
Page 889 - ... unless in the meantime some part of the principal money, or some interest thereon, shall have been paid, or some acknowledgment of the right thereto shall have been given in writing, signed by the person by whom the same shall be payable, or his agent, to the person entitled thereto, or his agent...
Page 865 - ... circumstance that a blank space shall intervene between the concluding word of the will and the signature, • or by the circumstance that the signature shall be placed among the words of the testimonium...
Page 1377 - And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.