A Treatise on the Law of Master and Servant: Including Therein Masters and Workmen in Every Description of Trade and Occupation : with an Appendix of StatutesS. Sweet, 1852 - 568 pages |
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Page xxx
... wages ; and some rather willing to beg in idleness than by labour to get their living " ( q ) . Accordingly , various statutes were passed with a view to compel labourers and servants to work , and regulating their wages ( r ) , diet ...
... wages ; and some rather willing to beg in idleness than by labour to get their living " ( q ) . Accordingly , various statutes were passed with a view to compel labourers and servants to work , and regulating their wages ( r ) , diet ...
Page xxxi
... wages were repealed , " chiefly for that the wages and allowances limited and rated in many of the said statutes were in divers places too small , and not answerable to that time respecting the advance- ment of prices of all things ...
... wages were repealed , " chiefly for that the wages and allowances limited and rated in many of the said statutes were in divers places too small , and not answerable to that time respecting the advance- ment of prices of all things ...
Page xxxii
... wages without the mutual consent of both master and work- men . The statute of 5 Eliz . c . 4 , only gave power to the magistrates " to limit , rate , and appoint " wages , and gave no power to order payment of them . That power was ...
... wages without the mutual consent of both master and work- men . The statute of 5 Eliz . c . 4 , only gave power to the magistrates " to limit , rate , and appoint " wages , and gave no power to order payment of them . That power was ...
Page xxxvii
... wages . And it makes no difference in his liability , that husband . the wife has entered into and signed an agreement under seal , where he has not authorized her to do so . In a case ( i ) , therefore , where the defendant's wife by ...
... wages . And it makes no difference in his liability , that husband . the wife has entered into and signed an agreement under seal , where he has not authorized her to do so . In a case ( i ) , therefore , where the defendant's wife by ...
Page xxxvii
... wages wife's con . should be paid , as he is entitled to the profits resulting hiring . from her work and labour , and she cannot in general even join him in an action upon a contract made during the marriage for her work and labour ( u ) ...
... wages wife's con . should be paid , as he is entitled to the profits resulting hiring . from her work and labour , and she cannot in general even join him in an action upon a contract made during the marriage for her work and labour ( u ) ...
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Page xxxvii - ... or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof...
Page 461 - ... notice in writing of such action, and of the cause thereof, shall be given to the defendant one calendar month at least before the commencement of the action...
Page 446 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 55 - We do not see how a better test can be applied to the question whether this is or not a reasonable restraint of trade than by considering whether the restraint is such only as to afford a fair protection to the interests of the party in favor of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public.
Page 376 - ... correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding one calendar month.
Page 231 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 446 - ... the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party, as to the court shall seem meet ; and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment.
Page 287 - ... for the purpose, or in the capacity of a clerk or servant, as the case may be ; and thereupon such person shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been convicted upon an indictment for...
Page 330 - ... or penalty, or on account of his not belonging to any particular club or association, or not having contributed or having refused to contribute, to any common fund, or to pay any fine or penalty, or on account of his not having complied or of his refusing to comply with any rules, orders, resolutions or regulations...
Page 404 - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.