The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence, 17. köideButterworths, 1864 |
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... counsel will certify , under his hand , that he believes there is error of law in the decision objected to , and will undertake to argue the point , the chairman ought to be bound to state the case . In civil · • cases , it is ...
... counsel will certify , under his hand , that he believes there is error of law in the decision objected to , and will undertake to argue the point , the chairman ought to be bound to state the case . In civil · • cases , it is ...
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... counsel for the prisoner , Sir F. Kelly , in the course of the trial raised a question of law , and requested the presiding judge to reserve the point . The request was refused , the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to be ...
... counsel for the prisoner , Sir F. Kelly , in the course of the trial raised a question of law , and requested the presiding judge to reserve the point . The request was refused , the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to be ...
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... counsel , the same objection was raised . The Prisoners ' Counsel Act has , however , given much satisfaction , for the poor as well as the rich have gained by it . Another objection is , that instances of improper convictions are rare ...
... counsel , the same objection was raised . The Prisoners ' Counsel Act has , however , given much satisfaction , for the poor as well as the rich have gained by it . Another objection is , that instances of improper convictions are rare ...
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... counsel on both sides , to make the rule absolute or discharge it , and enter final judgment accordingly . ' " " In point of fact the scheme of Sir Fitzroy Kelly , as embodied in the Bill of 1844 , amounted almost to a complete assimi ...
... counsel on both sides , to make the rule absolute or discharge it , and enter final judgment accordingly . ' " " In point of fact the scheme of Sir Fitzroy Kelly , as embodied in the Bill of 1844 , amounted almost to a complete assimi ...
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... counsel , and finally deliver judgment , either confirming , quashing , or varying the verdict of a jury as they thought proper . In order to protect the constitutional authority of the jury , it would be necessary to provide expressly ...
... counsel , and finally deliver judgment , either confirming , quashing , or varying the verdict of a jury as they thought proper . In order to protect the constitutional authority of the jury , it would be necessary to provide expressly ...
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Page 357 - ARBITRATION.— Russell's Treatise on the Duty and Power of an Arbitrator, and the La"w of Submissions and Awards ; with an Appendix of Forms, and of the Statutes relating to Arbitration. By FRANCIS RUSSELL, Esq., MA, Barrister-at-Law.
Page 133 - Every positive law, or every law simply and strictly so called, is set by a sovereign person, or a sovereign body of persons, to a member or members of the independent political society wherein that person or body is sovereign or supreme.
Page 186 - Dictionary of Jurisprudence, explaining the Technical Words and Phrases employed in the several Departments of English Law ; including the various Legal Terms used in Commercial Transactions. Together with an Explanatory as well as Literal Translation of the Latin Maxims contained in the Writings of the Ancient and Modern Commentators. Sixth Edition.
Page 153 - The negroes prefer a glass necklace to that gold which polite nations so highly value. Can there be a greater proof of their wanting common sense? It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men, because, allowing them to be men, a suspicion would follow that we ourselves are not Christians.
Page 138 - July 16, 1862, it was provided " that the laws, of the State in which the court shall be held shall be the rules of decision as to the competency of witnesses in the courts of the United States, in trials at Common Law, in Equity, and Admiralty.