The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge: Forming a Work of Universal Reference on Subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws and Social Relations, 3. köideH.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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Page 60
... Justinian ( iii . tit . 43 ) . The praetor in this , as in many like cases , placed the encourager of gaming under disabilities . If a man lent his house for gaming , and , while the gaming was going on there , was beaten or had ...
... Justinian ( iii . tit . 43 ) . The praetor in this , as in many like cases , placed the encourager of gaming under disabilities . If a man lent his house for gaming , and , while the gaming was going on there , was beaten or had ...
Page 61
... Justinian made several constitutions against gaming . A man who lost money at gaming was not bound to pay it ; and if he did pay , it could be recovered by him or his successors ( in the Roman sense ) from the winner or his heredes any ...
... Justinian made several constitutions against gaming . A man who lost money at gaming was not bound to pay it ; and if he did pay , it could be recovered by him or his successors ( in the Roman sense ) from the winner or his heredes any ...
Page 90
... Justinian contains penalties against Heretics , Manichæans , and Sa- maritans ; which , in some cases , extended to death . Heretical books were ordered to be burnt . Before the Reformation in England heresy was the holding of opi ...
... Justinian contains penalties against Heretics , Manichæans , and Sa- maritans ; which , in some cases , extended to death . Heretical books were ordered to be burnt . Before the Reformation in England heresy was the holding of opi ...
Page 106
... Justinian must be considered as giving to it the efficacy of a law . On the subject of child - murder among the Romans , see Rein , Criminalrecht der Römer , p . 439 , and the modern writers referred to in his note . In modern times ...
... Justinian must be considered as giving to it the efficacy of a law . On the subject of child - murder among the Romans , see Rein , Criminalrecht der Römer , p . 439 , and the modern writers referred to in his note . In modern times ...
Page 141
... [ JUSTINIAN'S LEGISLA- TION . ] The Judicia Publica were in the nature of criminal prosecutions , in which any person , not disqualified , might be the pro- secutor , and in which the verdict was fol- lowed by a legal punishment . Judices ...
... [ JUSTINIAN'S LEGISLA- TION . ] The Judicia Publica were in the nature of criminal prosecutions , in which any person , not disqualified , might be the pro- secutor , and in which the verdict was fol- lowed by a legal punishment . Judices ...
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Page 81 - ... by the authority of the canonical Scriptures, or by the first four General Councils or any of them, or by any other General Council wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of the said canonical Scriptures...
Page 362 - London, the town council of any borough for the time being subject to the act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled " An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales...
Page 300 - And each of the parties shall say to the other, " I call upon these persons here present to witness, That I, AB, do take thee, CD, to be my lawful wedded wife [or husband].
Page 354 - ... after the 24th day of June, 1 736, no manors, lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, or other hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal whatsoever, nor any sum or sums of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever, to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments...
Page 285 - Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to any case where the party trespassing acted under a fair and reasonable supposition that he had a right to do the act complained of...
Page 49 - ... at any one time or meeting, upon ticket or credit or otherwise, and shall not pay down the same at the time when he or they shall...
Page 434 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Page 232 - ... to give in evidence, in mitigation of damages, that he made or offered an apology to the plaintiff for such defamation before the commencement of the action, or as soon afterwards as he had an opportunity of doing so, in case the action shall have been commenced before there was an opportunity of making or offering such apology.
Page 200 - Not guilty" on Behalf of such Person ; and the Plea so entered shall have the same Force and Effect as if such Person had actually pleaded the same.
Page 98 - That if any woman shall be delivered of a child, and »shall, by secret burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of the said child, endeavour to conceal the birth thereof...