The Practice of the Sheriffs' Court of the City of London ...H. Sweet, 1860 - 244 pages |
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The Practice of the Sheriffs' Court of the City of London Octavian Baxter Cameron Harrison No preview available - 2016 |
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adjourn affidavit aforesaid allowed amended amount appear application appointed assets assistant clerk Attending attorney award bond brought carries on business cause of action certify chattels chief bailiff chief clerk City of London claim commitment consent copy costs Counsel county court court of record coverture debt or damages default defendant's delivered detinue directed documents entitled exceed exceeding executor or administrator fees five clear days Form of Notice forthwith give notice given hearing high bailiff holden indorsed instalments interpleader issue judgment summons jurisdiction jury landlord manner ment nonsuit oath obtained paid into Court payment person place of abode plaintiff or defendant Pounds proceed recover rent replevin respect return day rules satisfaction seal served Sheriffs signed Statute sued suit superior court sworn taken in execution thereupon think fit tion unless the judge verdict warrant of execution writs of trial
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Page 67 - ... from the last-mentioned hour, to admit that such of the said documents as are specified to be originals were respectively written, signed, or executed, as they purport respectively to have been ; that such as are specified as copies are". true copies ; and such documents as are stated to have been served, sent, or delivered, were so served, sent, or delivered respectively ; saving all just exceptions to the admissibility of all such documents as evidence in this cause.
Page 9 - ... has obtained credit from the plaintiff under false pretences, or by means of fraud or breach of trust, or has wilfully contracted such debt or liability without having had at the same time a reasonable expectation of being able to pay or discharge the same, or shall have made or caused to be made any gift, delivery, or transfer...
Page 51 - In all cases in which any particular number of days, not expressed to be clear days, is prescribed by the Railway and Canal Traffic Acts, 1873 and 1888, or by these rules, the same shall be reckoned exclusively of the first day and inclusively of the last day...
Page 19 - ... founded on tort, the said plaintiff shall have judgment to recover such sum only, and no costs...
Page 20 - Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon ; and no plaintiff shall recover in any such action, if tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into court after such action brought, by or on behalf of the defendant...
Page 20 - And the 13th section provides and enacts, "that, if, in any such action, whether there be a verdict in such action or not, the plaintiff shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the court in which such action was brought, or to the satisfaction of a judge at chambers, upon summons, that the...
Page 20 - ... otherwise ; and notice in writing of such action, and of the cause thereof, shall be given to the defendant one calendar month at least before the commencement of the action...
Page 9 - ... that such party, if a defendant, in incurring the debt or liability which is the subject of the action in which judgment has been obtained, has obtained credit from the plaintiff under false pretences, or by means of fraud or breach of trust...
Page 141 - ... that the injury was probably caused by the misconduct or want of skill of the master or mariners of...
Page 121 - Be it remembered, That on this day of in the year of our Lord AB...