The Student's Guide to Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of EnglandStevens, 1884 - 260 pages |
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... called for I have prepared it to meet recent legislation as far as appears in the 9th edition to the Com- mentaries , and added the Answers to all the Examination Questions which have been asked since the publication of my last Edition ...
... called for I have prepared it to meet recent legislation as far as appears in the 9th edition to the Com- mentaries , and added the Answers to all the Examination Questions which have been asked since the publication of my last Edition ...
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... called the Inns of Court and Chan- cery ) where lectures were read , and degrees conferred in the Common Law , as at other universities . The degrees were those of barristers , at first styled apprentices ( apprenticii ad legem ) , who ...
... called the Inns of Court and Chan- cery ) where lectures were read , and degrees conferred in the Common Law , as at other universities . The degrees were those of barristers , at first styled apprentices ( apprenticii ad legem ) , who ...
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... called ? what is the characteristic of each ? and how do they , as above stated , balance each other in the British Constitution ? ( i . ) The Democracy , where the supreme power is lodged in an aggregate assembly ; ( ii . ) Aristocracy ...
... called ? what is the characteristic of each ? and how do they , as above stated , balance each other in the British Constitution ? ( i . ) The Democracy , where the supreme power is lodged in an aggregate assembly ; ( ii . ) Aristocracy ...
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... called ? Immemorial universal usage , of which the judicial decisions are the evidence , which decisions are preserved in the public records , explained in the year - books and reports , and digested by writers of approved authority ...
... called ? Immemorial universal usage , of which the judicial decisions are the evidence , which decisions are preserved in the public records , explained in the year - books and reports , and digested by writers of approved authority ...
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... called only Dominus Hiberniæ , and such was the title of its English rulers until Henry VIII . adopted the title of king . It is a distinct sub- ordinate kingdom , governed by the Common Law of England , and , since the union 1st of ...
... called only Dominus Hiberniæ , and such was the title of its English rulers until Henry VIII . adopted the title of king . It is a distinct sub- ordinate kingdom , governed by the Common Law of England , and , since the union 1st of ...
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Page 122 - ... or his wife, or any person known or suspected to have in his possession any of the estate or effects belonging to the debtor, or supposed to be indebted to the debtor, or any person whom the Court may deem capable of giving information respecting the debtor, his dealings or property...
Page 76 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) 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, but no form of attestation...
Page 128 - Demands in the nature of unliquidated damages arising otherwise than by reason of a contract, promise, or breach of trust, shall not be provable in bankruptcy.
Page 223 - ... the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he 'has made such statement.
Page 66 - It is defined a yielding up of an estate for life or years to him that hath the immediate reversion or remainder, wherein the particular estate may merge or drown, by mutual agreement between them. It is done by these words: "Hath surrendered, granted, and yielded up.
Page 238 - Larc.eny is the felonious taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another.
Page 3 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be, " a rule of civil conduct prescribed by " the supreme power, in a state, commanding what " is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Page 241 - ... association, or corporation, or as a public officer, or as a person authorized by agreement, or by competent authority, to hold or take such possession, custody, or control, any money, property, evidence of debt or contract, article of value of any nature, or thing in action or possession, appropriates the same to his own use, or that of any other person other than the true owner or person entitled to the benefit thereof, Steals such property, and is guilty of larceny.
Page 113 - If this be all, the bond is called a single one, simplex obligatio: but there is generally a condition added, that if the obligor does some particular act, the obligation shall be void, or else shall remain in full force : as payment of rent ; performance of covenants in a deed; or repayment of a principal sum of money borrowed of the obligee, with interest, which principal sum is usually one-half of the penal sum specified in the bond.