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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... 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 have been lately ...
... 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 have been lately ...
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... offence of purchasing large quantities of any commodity , in order to sell it again at a higher price . There are numerous statutes against this offence , and it was also an offence at com- mon law . The English were not singu- lar in ...
... offence of purchasing large quantities of any commodity , in order to sell it again at a higher price . There are numerous statutes against this offence , and it was also an offence at com- mon law . The English were not singu- lar in ...
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... offence may be collected from the offences which it keeps company with . Notwithstanding the reasons given by Blackstone , all these offences have been abolished by 7 & 8 Vict . c . 24 , entitled ' An Act for abolishing the offences of ...
... offence may be collected from the offences which it keeps company with . Notwithstanding the reasons given by Blackstone , all these offences have been abolished by 7 & 8 Vict . c . 24 , entitled ' An Act for abolishing the offences of ...
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... offences , is a proper measure , particularly as the ground of the repeal is that the sta- tutes were " passed in restraint of trade . " Trade therefore , it is admitted , should not be restrained by statutes ; a principle which , if ...
... offences , is a proper measure , particularly as the ground of the repeal is that the sta- tutes were " passed in restraint of trade . " Trade therefore , it is admitted , should not be restrained by statutes ; a principle which , if ...
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... offence had previously been punishable not only with mutilation , but with death . " No man from henceforth , " says ... offences against the forest laws . The forest laws , as already mentioned , were administered by their own officers ...
... offence had previously been punishable not only with mutilation , but with death . " No man from henceforth , " says ... offences against the forest laws . The forest laws , as already mentioned , were administered by their own officers ...
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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...