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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... party in favour of a greater diminution in the hours of labour than the bill proposed . Lord Ashley moved that the word " night " be construed to mean from six in the even- ing to six in the morning , and the word " meal - time " to be ...
... party in favour of a greater diminution in the hours of labour than the bill proposed . Lord Ashley moved that the word " night " be construed to mean from six in the even- ing to six in the morning , and the word " meal - time " to be ...
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... party can withdraw from it at pleasure , and , as far as he is concerned , dissolve the union ; for the essence of this union is the continuing consent of all . This is the simplest possible form of a supreme federal government ; one in ...
... party can withdraw from it at pleasure , and , as far as he is concerned , dissolve the union ; for the essence of this union is the continuing consent of all . This is the simplest possible form of a supreme federal government ; one in ...
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... parties . The several states of the union are often still called sovereign and inde pendent states , because they ... party , and that no interpretation from which any power dissents can , consistently with the nature of the compact ...
... parties . The several states of the union are often still called sovereign and inde pendent states , because they ... party , and that no interpretation from which any power dissents can , consistently with the nature of the compact ...
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... parties to continue their consent , is evident : in this respect it is like a partnership for an indefinite period ... party questions which have arisen out of the interpretation of the federal consti- tution may consult the essays of ...
... parties to continue their consent , is evident : in this respect it is like a partnership for an indefinite period ... party questions which have arisen out of the interpretation of the federal consti- tution may consult the essays of ...
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... parties being on the land , the feoffor expressly gives it to the feoffee . Livery in law or within view , is when , the parties being within sight of the land , the feoffor refers to it and gives it to the feoffee . A feoff- ment was ...
... parties being on the land , the feoffor expressly gives it to the feoffee . Livery in law or within view , is when , the parties being within sight of the land , the feoffor refers to it and gives it to the feoffee . A feoff- ment was ...
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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...