Encyclop¿dia 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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... officers and bodies authorised by the legislature to make binding rules of particular kinds ; and last , by no means least , of private persons who can , within the limits set by the general law , make their own agree- ments and ...
... officers and bodies authorised by the legislature to make binding rules of particular kinds ; and last , by no means least , of private persons who can , within the limits set by the general law , make their own agree- ments and ...
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... transactions of private law , and are judged in the main by its ordinary rules , even though the State and its officers be in some respects privileged . called public and the latter private law . Not that GENERAL INTRODUCTION 5.
... transactions of private law , and are judged in the main by its ordinary rules , even though the State and its officers be in some respects privileged . called public and the latter private law . Not that GENERAL INTRODUCTION 5.
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... officer of the law break open doors ? Is a licence in such and such terms , or an order from one's master in such and such a course of business , a justification or excuse for 1 For the leading ideas of this arrangement I owe much to a ...
... officer of the law break open doors ? Is a licence in such and such terms , or an order from one's master in such and such a course of business , a justification or excuse for 1 For the leading ideas of this arrangement I owe much to a ...
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... officer authorised by the Commissioners , or a Commissioner of the Supreme Court , and must then be presented at the Estate Duty Office , or forwarded to the Secretary of Estate Duties , Somerset House , or to Dublin or Edinburgh , as ...
... officer authorised by the Commissioners , or a Commissioner of the Supreme Court , and must then be presented at the Estate Duty Office , or forwarded to the Secretary of Estate Duties , Somerset House , or to Dublin or Edinburgh , as ...
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... officers , or members of a body corporate or public company , who , with intent to defraud , destroy , alter ... officer , or contributory . Prosecution by the liquidator at the cost of the company may be directed or sanctioned ...
... officers , or members of a body corporate or public company , who , with intent to defraud , destroy , alter ... officer , or contributory . Prosecution by the liquidator at the cost of the company may be directed or sanctioned ...
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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.