Studies in Roman Law: With Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England, and ScotlandWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1865 - 403 pages |
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... whole to enrich our legal literature . Without trenching on the ground already occupied by these authors , a good elementary book in English is still much wanted , giving a clear , simple , and accurate view of the general principles of ...
... whole to enrich our legal literature . Without trenching on the ground already occupied by these authors , a good elementary book in English is still much wanted , giving a clear , simple , and accurate view of the general principles of ...
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... whole succession , 253 Bonorum possessio , 254 Classes of heirs , 254 Time for deliberation , and benefit of inventory , 255 CHAPTER II . OF SUCCESSION BY TESTAMENT . I. ROMAN LAW . Persons capable of making a will , Ancient forms ...
... whole succession , 253 Bonorum possessio , 254 Classes of heirs , 254 Time for deliberation , and benefit of inventory , 255 CHAPTER II . OF SUCCESSION BY TESTAMENT . I. ROMAN LAW . Persons capable of making a will , Ancient forms ...
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... whole body of the citizens , leaving the field open for men of merit wherever they were to be found . the two orders . The reconciliation of the two orders , by an equal distribu- Fusion of tion of political rights , was followed by two ...
... whole body of the citizens , leaving the field open for men of merit wherever they were to be found . the two orders . The reconciliation of the two orders , by an equal distribu- Fusion of tion of political rights , was followed by two ...
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... whole body of Roman citizens , patricians and plebeians , in the assembly of the centuries . The plebiscita were laws proposed by the tribunes and passed by the assembly of the tribes , which was originally composed of plebeians only ...
... whole body of Roman citizens , patricians and plebeians , in the assembly of the centuries . The plebiscita were laws proposed by the tribunes and passed by the assembly of the tribes , which was originally composed of plebeians only ...
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... whole or in part , and to make such additions and changes as circumstances re- quired . The principal object of the edict was to promulgate the changes which custom and the practice of the courts had introduced ; and , where no remedy ...
... whole or in part , and to make such additions and changes as circumstances re- quired . The principal object of the edict was to promulgate the changes which custom and the practice of the courts had introduced ; and , where no remedy ...
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Page 263 - It shall be signed at the foot or end thereof, by the testator or by some other person in his presence, and by his direction, and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator, in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator and of each other but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 282 - Bequest shall not lapse, but shall take effect as if the Death of such Person had happened immediately after the Death of the Testator, unless a contrary Intention shall appear by the Will.
Page 263 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 208 - That upon all debts or sums certain payable at a certain time, or otherwise, the jury, on the trial of any issue, or on any inquisition of damages, may, if they shall think fit, allow interest to the creditor, at a rate not exceeding the current rate of interest from the time when such debts or sums certain were payable, if such debts or sums be payable by virtue of some written instrument, at a certain time...
Page 378 - It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament^) to be felonies without benefit of clergy; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
Page 223 - ... the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 65 - ... 1. Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 22 - In the space of ten centuries the infinite variety of laws and legal opinions had filled many thousand volumes, which no fortune could purchase and no capacity could digest. Books could not easily be found; and the judges, poor in the midst of riches, were reduced to the exercise of their illiterate discretion.
Page 43 - The Roman law forms no rule, binding in itself, upon the subjects of these realms; but, in deciding a case upon principle, where no direct authority can be cited from our books, it affords no small evidence of the soundness of the conclusion at which we have arrived, if it proves to be supported by that law, the fruit of the researches of the most learned men, the collective wisdom of ages and the groundwork of the municipal law of most of the countries in Europe.
Page 281 - That where any person being a child or other issue of the testator to whom any real or personal estate shall be devised or bequeathed for any estate or interest not determinable at or before the death of such person, shall die in the lifetime of the testator leaving issue, and any such issue of such person shall...