A Treatise on the Law Relating to the Pollution & Obstruction of Watercourses: Together with a Brief Summary of the Various Sources of River PollutionStevens and Haynes, 1877 - 228 pages |
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A Treatise on the Law Relating to the Pollution Obstruction of Watercourses ... Clement Higgins No preview available - 2017 |
A Treatise on the Law Relating to the Pollution & Obstruction of ... Clement Higgins No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 12 - In one volume, 8vo., 1870, price cloth, THE LAW OF COPYRIGHT, In Works of Literature and Art ; including that of the Drama, Music, Engraving, Sculpture, Painting, Photography, and Ornamental and Useful Designs ; together with International and Foreign Copyright, with the Statutes relating thereto, and References to the English and American Decisions. By WALTER ARTHUR COPINGER, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. ^ "A book that is certainly themost complete treatise upon the complex subject of...
Page 73 - Aqua currit et debet currere ut currere solebat' is the language of the law. Though he may use the water while it runs over his land as an incident to the land, he cannot unreasonably detain It, or give it another direction, and he must return It to its ordinary channel when it leaves his estate.
Page 170 - Board shall cause the sewers vested in them to be constructed, covered, and kept so as not to be a nuisance or injurious to health...
Page 73 - ... without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to the prejudice of other proprietors, above or below him, unless he has a prior right to divert it, or a title to some exclusive enjoyment.
Page 37 - CASES WITH MARCH'S TRANSLATION. In 8vo., 1873, price 4/. 4^., calf antique, BROOKE'S (Sir Robert) New Cases in the time of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Queen Mary, collected out of Brooke's Abridgment, and...
Page 74 - Streams of water are intended for the use and comfort of man ; and it would be unreasonable and contrary to the universal sense of mankind to debar every riparian proprietor from the application of the water to domestic, agricultural and manufacturing purposes...
Page 16 - Law Journal. In 8vo., price 2s. 6d., MORIARTY ON PERSONATION AND DISPUTED IDENTITY AND THEIR TESTS. In a handy volume, crown 8vo., 1870, price lew. 6d., cloth, THE LAW OF SALVAGE, As administered in the High Court of Admiralty and the County Courts ; with the Principal Authorities, English and American, brought down to the present time ; and an Appendix, containing Statutes, Forms, Table of Fees, etc. By EDWYN JONES, of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law.
Page 194 - For the purposes of this act, 1. any premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health; 2.
Page 29 - ... these two writers on each point. From the very exact and accurate references to titles and sections given he can at once refer to the original writers. The concise manner in which Mr. Harris has arranged his digest will render it most useful, not only to the students for whom it was originally written, but also to those persons who, though they have not the time to wade through the larger treatises of Paste, Sanders, Ortolan, and others, yet desire to obtain some knowledge of Roman Law.
Page 17 - Save as aforesaid, it includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and watercourses, other than watercourses at the passing of this Act mainly used as sewers, and emptying directly into the sea, or tidal waters...