The Legal Observer, and Solicitors' JournalWm. Maxwell, 1854 |
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... whole law business on both sides of every question , representing alike plaintiffs and defendants , and pocketing the costs of all parties . The objections raised are directed against the " A good many members are collected , talk ...
... whole law business on both sides of every question , representing alike plaintiffs and defendants , and pocketing the costs of all parties . The objections raised are directed against the " A good many members are collected , talk ...
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... whole field both of law and equity . " On our present information , therefore , we should be inclined to preserve , as a distinct jurisdiction , the District Courts of Bankruptcy ; especially as we fear that the union of that ju ...
... whole field both of law and equity . " On our present information , therefore , we should be inclined to preserve , as a distinct jurisdiction , the District Courts of Bankruptcy ; especially as we fear that the union of that ju ...
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... whole amount of the such property , profits , and gains respectively said additional duties shall be collected and paid with and over and above the first moiety of the duties assessed or charged by virtue of the said Act for the year ...
... whole amount of the such property , profits , and gains respectively said additional duties shall be collected and paid with and over and above the first moiety of the duties assessed or charged by virtue of the said Act for the year ...
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... whole kingdom , but were created specially at the moment for the in- dividual suitor . He is in the situation of a man who should buy a carriage and horses , establish a place to keep them in , and servants to take care of them and to ...
... whole kingdom , but were created specially at the moment for the in- dividual suitor . He is in the situation of a man who should buy a carriage and horses , establish a place to keep them in , and servants to take care of them and to ...
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... whole of the wills forming the title - deeds to a great part of the whole pro- perty of the country , would be liable to be in- volved in common destruction , which while deposited in different registries could never be the case . 77 ...
... whole of the wills forming the title - deeds to a great part of the whole pro- perty of the country , would be liable to be in- volved in common destruction , which while deposited in different registries could never be the case . 77 ...
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Page 355 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 392 - ... provided always, that the aforesaid enactment shall not extend or be construed to extend to any money paid or agreed to be paid for or on account of any legal expenses bond fide incurred at or concerning any election.
Page 356 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page 372 - Court or a judge may, upon the ex parte application of such judgment creditor, either before or after such oral examination, and upon affidavit by himself or his solicitor stating that judgment has been recovered, and that it is still unsatisfied, and to what amount, and that any other person is indebted to the judgment debtor, and is within the jurisdiction, order that all debts owing or accruing from such third person (hereinafter called the garnishee) to the judgment debtor shall be attached to...
Page 334 - Viet. c. 113), which enacts that " when any person shall, after the 31st of December, 1854, die seised of or entitled to any estate or interest in any land or other hereditaments, which shall at the time of his death be charged with the payment of any sum or sums of money by way of mortgage, and such person shall not, by his will or deed or other document, have signified any contrary or other intention, the heir or devisee to Chap.
Page 355 - A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall in the opinion of the judge prove adverse...
Page 392 - ... upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting...
Page 354 - If the reference is to two arbitrators, the two arbitrators may appoint an umpire at any time within the period during which they have power to make an award.
Page 444 - An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant-Surgeons and Surgeons' Mates of the Militia ; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-Commissioned Officers.
Page 250 - And be it enacted, That in citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, and in legal and other Instruments, it shall be sufficient to use the Expression " The House of Lords Costs Taxation Act, 1849.