Principles of the Common Law: An Elementary Work Intended for the Use of Students and the ProfessionStevens and Haynes, 1876 - 454 pages |
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... term common law " would seem , according to Blackstone ( a ) , to have originated in contradistinction to other laws , or more reasonably as a law common and general to the whole realm , and used in a wide and large sense , comprehends ...
... term common law " would seem , according to Blackstone ( a ) , to have originated in contradistinction to other laws , or more reasonably as a law common and general to the whole realm , and used in a wide and large sense , comprehends ...
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... term is indeed used in contradistinc- tion to the statute law , which forms the actual lex scripta , for , as is stated by Blackstone ( b ) , now the monuments and records of our legal customs are con- tained in the books of the reports ...
... term is indeed used in contradistinc- tion to the statute law , which forms the actual lex scripta , for , as is stated by Blackstone ( b ) , now the monuments and records of our legal customs are con- tained in the books of the reports ...
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... term " common law " has also been used in con- Common law as distin- tradistinction to equity jurisprudence , which is of later growth , and comprehends matters of natural justice equity . ( being other than matters of mere conscience ) ...
... term " common law " has also been used in con- Common law as distin- tradistinction to equity jurisprudence , which is of later growth , and comprehends matters of natural justice equity . ( being other than matters of mere conscience ) ...
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... term of law whereby a person is stopped or hindered from denying a matter already stated ( p ) , and it is because of the high nature of contracts of record that whilst they remain in exist- ence they are conclusive , for no one can ...
... term of law whereby a person is stopped or hindered from denying a matter already stated ( p ) , and it is because of the high nature of contracts of record that whilst they remain in exist- ence they are conclusive , for no one can ...
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... term is applied to estoppel otherwise than by matter of record . His definition of it is , " where a man is concluded by his own act or acceptance to say the truth " ( g ) . It has been noted that a record will estop the parties to it ...
... term is applied to estoppel otherwise than by matter of record . His definition of it is , " where a man is concluded by his own act or acceptance to say the truth " ( g ) . It has been noted that a record will estop the parties to it ...
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