A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and Comments, 6. köideCummings, Hilliard & Company, 1824 |
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... land shall be sold . He who avows under the vendee , must aver precisely that the personal estate was not sufficient , for this insufficiency of the personal estate , is a condition precedent to selling the land , and so must be aver ...
... land shall be sold . He who avows under the vendee , must aver precisely that the personal estate was not sufficient , for this insufficiency of the personal estate , is a condition precedent to selling the land , and so must be aver ...
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... land to A , he has an implied power to come with carts and teams , and take them away ; and in pleading , it may be averred , or stated by legal con- struction , as much , as if expressly given in the grant . § 36. The plea was that A ...
... land to A , he has an implied power to come with carts and teams , and take them away ; and in pleading , it may be averred , or stated by legal con- struction , as much , as if expressly given in the grant . § 36. The plea was that A ...
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... land passed or not , by this feoffment without livery ; but this colour must be by deed of feoffment , and not by feoffment only . The deft . must plead the general issue ; as nul disseizin in a writ of entry , & c . , or not guilty ...
... land passed or not , by this feoffment without livery ; but this colour must be by deed of feoffment , and not by feoffment only . The deft . must plead the general issue ; as nul disseizin in a writ of entry , & c . , or not guilty ...
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... land shall not be defeated by a secret condition or conveyance without notice of it to him ; and one is not bound to take notice but where the means of it are in his power . But , generally , one interested in land is bound to take ...
... land shall not be defeated by a secret condition or conveyance without notice of it to him ; and one is not bound to take notice but where the means of it are in his power . But , generally , one interested in land is bound to take ...
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... land , with the appurtenances , of the thirty acres of land , to be holden by the plt . for the term of her life , in the name of dower of her the plt . which belonged to her of the said thirty acres of land ; to which assignment the ...
... land , with the appurtenances , of the thirty acres of land , to be holden by the plt . for the term of her life , in the name of dower of her the plt . which belonged to her of the said thirty acres of land ; to which assignment the ...
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Page 226 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 385 - The Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the District, such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the District...
Page 380 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 380 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State.
Page 352 - ... saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it...
Page 724 - States as before defined, and in every case in which any process issuing out of any Court of The United States shall be disobeyed or resisted by any Person or Persons having the custody of any Vessel of War, Cruiser, or other armed Vessel, of any Foreign Prince...
Page 379 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a State is a party, except between a State and its citizens ; and except, also, between a State and citizens of other States, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original, but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Page 724 - ... for the purpose of preventing the carrying on of any such expedition or enterprise from the territories or jurisdiction of the United States against the territories or dominions of any f'oreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace.
Page 391 - ... where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any state, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of their validity...
Page 623 - THE third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of property : which consists in the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions, without any control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land.