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 11
... judge of the correctness of the interpret ation , just as much as if the several so- vereign persons , in the case first supposed , themselves exercised the functions of so- vereignty in the supreme federal govern- ment . What is ...
... judge of the correctness of the interpret ation , just as much as if the several so- vereign persons , in the case first supposed , themselves exercised the functions of so- vereignty in the supreme federal govern- ment . What is ...
Page 57
... judges frequently refused to try ac- tions respecting wagers when they con- sidered the matter to be of a frivolous or of an improper nature . In Scotland the courts followed an opposite rule to that which prevailed in England . They ...
... judges frequently refused to try ac- tions respecting wagers when they con- sidered the matter to be of a frivolous or of an improper nature . In Scotland the courts followed an opposite rule to that which prevailed in England . They ...
Page 62
... judges associate . It is a patent in the nature of a letter from the king , consti- tuting them his justices , and commanding them , four , three , or two of them , of which number there must be one at least of the judges and serjeants ...
... judges associate . It is a patent in the nature of a letter from the king , consti- tuting them his justices , and commanding them , four , three , or two of them , of which number there must be one at least of the judges and serjeants ...
Page 68
... judges all matters connected with the government of the church ; and it can proceed judicially against any member of the church , clerical or laical , for alleged impropriety or inconsistency of conduct or doctrine . The connexion of ...
... judges all matters connected with the government of the church ; and it can proceed judicially against any member of the church , clerical or laical , for alleged impropriety or inconsistency of conduct or doctrine . The connexion of ...
Page 76
... judges clearly decided that the claim had no foundation in law , and that " it was a practice incompatible with the exclusive enjoyment of property , and was produc- tive of vagrancy and many mischievous consequences . " ( 1 H. Bl ...
... judges clearly decided that the claim had no foundation in law , and that " it was a practice incompatible with the exclusive enjoyment of property , and was produc- tive of vagrancy and many mischievous consequences . " ( 1 H. Bl ...
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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...