The Law Magazine, Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, 24. köideSaunders and Benning, 1840 |
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... of Banbury , who immediately petitioned the king , that he might enjoy all the precedency and privi- leges granted by the letters patent of that dignity . This claim excited the jealousy of the eight earls , who Life of Lord Erskine . 45.
... of Banbury , who immediately petitioned the king , that he might enjoy all the precedency and privi- leges granted by the letters patent of that dignity . This claim excited the jealousy of the eight earls , who Life of Lord Erskine . 45.
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... granted during war , may be revoked at any time by the king's pleasure . And in a case of letters of special reprisal granted by King Charles the Second for the sum of £ 151,612 , to Sir William Courten's administrator , being the value ...
... granted during war , may be revoked at any time by the king's pleasure . And in a case of letters of special reprisal granted by King Charles the Second for the sum of £ 151,612 , to Sir William Courten's administrator , being the value ...
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of granting which Mr. Christian conceives to have been long disused1 ) cannot safely be revoked , though perhaps , in ... granted flagrante bello , at which time the previous conditions of letters of request & c . could not be ob- served ...
of granting which Mr. Christian conceives to have been long disused1 ) cannot safely be revoked , though perhaps , in ... granted flagrante bello , at which time the previous conditions of letters of request & c . could not be ob- served ...
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... granted only to those who had been personally injured by the other state , the term marque is treated by Mr. Justice Black- . stone as synonymous with reprisal . " Letters of marque and reprisal ( he says ) may be obtained in order to ...
... granted only to those who had been personally injured by the other state , the term marque is treated by Mr. Justice Black- . stone as synonymous with reprisal . " Letters of marque and reprisal ( he says ) may be obtained in order to ...
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... granted , albeit the factor of such goods were of that place , is not sub- ject to reprisals . Ships driven into port by storm or stress of weather have an exemption from the law of reprisals , accord- ing to the jus commune ; but by ...
... granted , albeit the factor of such goods were of that place , is not sub- ject to reprisals . Ships driven into port by storm or stress of weather have an exemption from the law of reprisals , accord- ing to the jus commune ; but by ...
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Page 56 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 404 - An express promise, therefore, as it should seem, can only revive a precedent good consideration which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an implied promise had it not been suspended by some positive rule of law, but can give no original right of action if the obligation on which it is founded never could have been enforced at law, though not barred by any legal maxim or statute provision.
Page 236 - An Act to indemnify such persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for offices and employments, and for extending the time limited for those purposes respectively...
Page 419 - ... be paid into the Bank of England in the name and with the privity of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery...
Page 91 - The ages of male and female are different for different purposes. A male at twelve years old may take the oath of allegiance ; at fourteen is at years of discretion, and therefore may consent or disagree to marriage, may choose his guardian, and, if his discretion be actually proved, may make his testament of his personal estate...
Page 40 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 422 - ... contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided; whereby, and by force of the statutes in that case made and provided, the said vessel &c. became and was forfeited.
Page 323 - Ed. lived through the times and was mixed up, heart and soul, in the matters he speaks of, 'if any person be desirous of having an adequate idea of the mischievous effects which have been produced in this country by the French Revolution and all its attendant horrors, he should attempt some reforms on humane and liberal principles.
Page 404 - P. 249] , and the conclusion there arrived at seems to be correct in general, "that an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration, which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended by some positive rule of law; but can give no original cause of action, if the obligation, on which it is founded, never could have been enforced at law, though not barred by any legal maxim or statute provision.
Page 64 - Burnet, with as much gravity as if he believed every word he was saying. Both Henry and Thomas were saving men, yet both died very poor. The latter at one time possessed £200,000 ; the other had a considerable fortune. The Earl alone has died wealthy. It is saving, not getting, that is the mother of riches. They all had wit. The Earl's was crack-brained, and sometimes caustic ; Henry's was of the very kindest, best-humoured, and gayest sort that ever cheered society; that of Lord Erskine was moody...