Wrongs and Their Remedies: A Treatise on the Law of Torts, 2. köideBanks and Bros., 1876 - 1440 pages |
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Page 699
... charge , " observes Watson , B. , may be reasonable or unreasonable with reference to the circum- stances and the ... charge is false , and no felony had in fact been committed ( ƒ ) ; for if one man charges another with felony , and ...
... charge , " observes Watson , B. , may be reasonable or unreasonable with reference to the circum- stances and the ... charge is false , and no felony had in fact been committed ( ƒ ) ; for if one man charges another with felony , and ...
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... charge ; but if he officiously interferes and gives orders or directions to police constables for the imprisonment of the plaintiff , he will be responsible in damages if he is unable to excuse or justify the act . Where the defendant ...
... charge ; but if he officiously interferes and gives orders or directions to police constables for the imprisonment of the plaintiff , he will be responsible in damages if he is unable to excuse or justify the act . Where the defendant ...
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... charge against another to a police - constable , leaving the constable to make inquiry into the circum- stances , and act as he may think fit in the matter . Where a felony had been committed in the house of the defendant , and the ...
... charge against another to a police - constable , leaving the constable to make inquiry into the circum- stances , and act as he may think fit in the matter . Where a felony had been committed in the house of the defendant , and the ...
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... charge of a station , or a ticket clerk , arrests a servant of the company , or a stranger , on a charge of stealing the company's goods , or robbing the till , as they have no implied authority so to arrest , the company are not ...
... charge of a station , or a ticket clerk , arrests a servant of the company , or a stranger , on a charge of stealing the company's goods , or robbing the till , as they have no implied authority so to arrest , the company are not ...
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... charge of his public duty as an officer carrying out the orders of his government ( b ) . Every defence which goes to show that the imprisonment complained of was not the act of the defendant is admissible under the plea of not guilty ...
... charge of his public duty as an officer carrying out the orders of his government ( b ) . Every defence which goes to show that the imprisonment complained of was not the act of the defendant is admissible under the plea of not guilty ...
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Page 1112 - ... whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued...
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Page 930 - Malice, in common acceptation, means ill-will against a person; but, in its legal sense, it means a wrongful act, done intentionally, without just cause or excuse.
Page 1178 - ... party, upon that belief, enters into the contract with him, the man thus conducting himself would be equally bound as if he had intended to agree to the other party's...
Page 1122 - That an act done for another, by a person, not assuming to act for himself, but for such other person, though without any precedent authority whatever, becomes the act of the principal, if subsequently ratified by him, is the known and well established rule of law.
Page 945 - The proper meaning of a privileged communication is only this: that the occasion on which the communication was made rebuts the inference [of malice] prima facie arising from a statement prejudicial to the character of the plaintiff, and puts it upon him to prove that there was malice in fact —that the defendant was actuated by motives of personal spite or ill-will, independent of the occasion on which the communication was made 1
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Page 1071 - The court, after a final decree of nullity of marriage or dissolution of marriage may inquire into the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled either for the benefit of the children of the marriage or of their respective parents as to the court shall seem fit.
Page 837 - That in all cases where an information shall be laid before one or more of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace...