The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge: Forming a Work of Universal Reference on the Subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws and Social Relations ...H. G. Bohn, 1860 |
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... statute , a foreign merchant cannot recover his goods from the pledgee of the factor in England , though he may be totally ignorant of the change which has taken place in the law . Again , if a bill be accepted in Leghorn by an ...
... statute , a foreign merchant cannot recover his goods from the pledgee of the factor in England , though he may be totally ignorant of the change which has taken place in the law . Again , if a bill be accepted in Leghorn by an ...
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... statutes . Officers demanding improper fees are guilty of extortion . The rewards paid to barristers and physicians , attorneys and surgeons , for their several services , are cailed fees , which may be recovered by the two last- named ...
... statutes . Officers demanding improper fees are guilty of extortion . The rewards paid to barristers and physicians , attorneys and surgeons , for their several services , are cailed fees , which may be recovered by the two last- named ...
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... statute made any new offence felony , the legal implication was that it should be punished with death . The number of offences , however , to which this punish- ment is affixed by the law of England is now very small ; and several statutes ...
... statute made any new offence felony , the legal implication was that it should be punished with death . The number of offences , however , to which this punish- ment is affixed by the law of England is now very small ; and several statutes ...
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... Statute of Frauds ( 29 Car . II . § 3 ) , a written instrument is necessary . Still however the land passes by the livery , for if a deed of feoffment is made without livery , an estate at will only passes ; though if livery is made ...
... Statute of Frauds ( 29 Car . II . § 3 ) , a written instrument is necessary . Still however the land passes by the livery , for if a deed of feoffment is made without livery , an estate at will only passes ; though if livery is made ...
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... Statute of Limit- ations , 3 & 4 Will . IV . c . 27 , § 11 . Since the Statute of Uses [ USES ] has introduced a more convenient mode of conveyance , feoffments have been rarely used . Corporations usually con- vey their own estates by ...
... Statute of Limit- ations , 3 & 4 Will . IV . c . 27 , § 11 . Since the Statute of Uses [ USES ] has introduced a more convenient mode of conveyance , feoffments have been rarely used . Corporations usually con- vey their own estates by ...
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