Encyclopædia of the Laws of England with Forms and Precedents by the Most Eminent Legal Authorities, 1. köideAlexander Wood Renton, Maxwell Alexander Robertson Sweet & Maxwell, 1906 |
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... judgment . The laws of every country define and regulate the duties ( that is , duties enforceable in courts of justice ) 1 of all persons subject to them , and consequently the corresponding rights . When we speak of regulating as well ...
... judgment . The laws of every country define and regulate the duties ( that is , duties enforceable in courts of justice ) 1 of all persons subject to them , and consequently the corresponding rights . When we speak of regulating as well ...
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... judgment ) , are different according as it is a case for punish- ment , or for redress to the person injured , or peradventure for both . Where there is a private redress , again , the consequences differ according as it takes the form ...
... judgment ) , are different according as it is a case for punish- ment , or for redress to the person injured , or peradventure for both . Where there is a private redress , again , the consequences differ according as it takes the form ...
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... judgment by consent is as effective as an estoppel between the parties as if it were the judgment of the Court in a contested case ( re South American & Mexican Co. , 1895 , 1 Ch . 37 ) . Although the right of a plaintiff to claim a non ...
... judgment by consent is as effective as an estoppel between the parties as if it were the judgment of the Court in a contested case ( re South American & Mexican Co. , 1895 , 1 Ch . 37 ) . Although the right of a plaintiff to claim a non ...
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... judgment ; but judgment may in such case be entered , notwithstanding the death ( R. S. C. , Order 17 , r . 1 ) . See ACTIO PERSONALIS . This rule applies only to a case where the cause of action " survives or continues " in some person ...
... judgment ; but judgment may in such case be entered , notwithstanding the death ( R. S. C. , Order 17 , r . 1 ) . See ACTIO PERSONALIS . This rule applies only to a case where the cause of action " survives or continues " in some person ...
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... judgment . If he falls ill , the jury must be discharged and a new trial ordered ( R. v . Stevenson , 1791 , Leach , 2nd ed . , 443 ) . In his absence the trial cannot proceed ; but the process of outlawry may be resorted to . See ...
... judgment . If he falls ill , the jury must be discharged and a new trial ordered ( R. v . Stevenson , 1791 , Leach , 2nd ed . , 443 ) . In his absence the trial cannot proceed ; but the process of outlawry may be resorted to . See ...
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Popular passages
Page 702 - ... returning officer or an officer or clerk in attendance at a polling station, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour...
Page 123 - December, 1833, no action or suit or other proceeding shall be brought, to recover any sum of money secured by any mortgage, judgment or lien, or otherwise charged upon or payable out of any land or rent, at law or in equity...
Page 351 - That when the access and use of light to and for any dwelling-house, workshop, or other building, shall have been actually enjoyed therewith for the full period of twenty years without interruption, the right thereto shall be deemed absolute and indefeasible...
Page 179 - To direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity ; or (c) To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
Page 335 - Where after the commencement of this Act any action, prosecution, or other proceeding is commenced in the United Kingdom against any person for any act done in pursuance, or execution, or intended execution of any Act of Parliament, or of any public duty or authority...
Page 294 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruis* or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Page 219 - No action or proceeding shall be open to objection, on the ground that a merely declaratory judgment or order is sought thereby, and the Court may make binding declarations of right whether any consequential relief is or could be claimed, or not.
Page 266 - ... employment, or a delivery to a private person. First, if it be to a person of the first sort, and he is to have a reward, he is bound to answer for the goods at all events.
Page 298 - British subject ; and a title to real and personal property of every description may be derived through, from, or in succession to an alien in the same manner in all respects aa through, from, or in succession to a natural-born British subject...
Page 94 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.