The Principles and Practice of the Law of EvidenceButterworths, 1892 - 791 pages |
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Page vii
... authority for any proposition which requires authority . The Table of Cases contains more than 200 cases which are not to be found in the Table of Cases in the last Edition ; many of these cases , however , are cases decided before the ...
... authority for any proposition which requires authority . The Table of Cases contains more than 200 cases which are not to be found in the Table of Cases in the last Edition ; many of these cases , however , are cases decided before the ...
Page xxi
... Authority 299 Hope v . Beadon 628 .... Harvey v . Farnie 261 v . Liddell .... 615 v . Wilde 252 Hopkinson v . Burghley , Lord 618 , Harwood v . Goodright 99 624 Haslam v . Crow 200 Horne v . Bentinck 155 Hatton v . Warren 486 v . Hough ...
... Authority 299 Hope v . Beadon 628 .... Harvey v . Farnie 261 v . Liddell .... 615 v . Wilde 252 Hopkinson v . Burghley , Lord 618 , Harwood v . Goodright 99 624 Haslam v . Crow 200 Horne v . Bentinck 155 Hatton v . Warren 486 v . Hough ...
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... authority of Coke ( r ) , that none but Christians were competent witnesses . He had laid it down that " an infidel cannot be a witness ; " and it was clear that , under the desig- nation of infidel , he classified all who were not ...
... authority of Coke ( r ) , that none but Christians were competent witnesses . He had laid it down that " an infidel cannot be a witness ; " and it was clear that , under the desig- nation of infidel , he classified all who were not ...
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... authority to hear , receive , and examine evi- dence ; but that every person so offered may and shall be admitted to give evidence on oath or solemn affirmation , in those cases where affirmation is by law receivable , notwithstanding ...
... authority to hear , receive , and examine evi- dence ; but that every person so offered may and shall be admitted to give evidence on oath or solemn affirmation , in those cases where affirmation is by law receivable , notwithstanding ...
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... authority to fill up the document ( 1 ) . In high treason it has been doubted whether a wife may not be made a witness against her husband ( m ) . In all cases where the husband is charged with a personal injury to the wife , or the ...
... authority to fill up the document ( 1 ) . In high treason it has been doubted whether a wife may not be made a witness against her husband ( m ) . In all cases where the husband is charged with a personal injury to the wife , or the ...
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action admissible admitted affidavit agreement Amendment answer appears apply Beav bill of sale certificate charge client common law communication contract conviction copy court court of equity criminal proceeding cross-examination custody deceased declarations declarations against interest deed defendant dence depositions document dying declarations enacted entry equity estoppel examined extrinsic evidence fact fraud give evidence given hearsay held House of Lords husband inadmissible indictment interest interrogatories issue judge jury justice letter locus in quo Lord Lord Denman Lord Ellenborough manor marriage matter ment notice oath offence officer opinion parol party payment perjury person plaintiff presumed presumption primâ facie principle prisoner privilege produce proof proved purporting purpose question reasonable received rule seal secondary evidence sect solicitor stamp statement statute Statute of Frauds sufficient tenant testator thereof tion trial unless Vict wife writing written
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Page 682 - ... on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or...
Page 425 - Lord one thousand six hundred seventy and seven, all leases, estates, interests of freehold, or terms of years, or any uncertain interest of , in, to or out of any messuages, manors, lands, tenements or hereditaments, made or created by livery and seisin only, or by parol, and not put in writing, and signed by the parties so making or creating the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only...
Page 679 - ... to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing, his attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him : provided always, that it shall be competent for the Judge, at any time during the trial, to require the production of the writing for his inspection, and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purposes of the trial as he shall think fit.
Page 679 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 444 - Contractor, Executor, or Administrator shall lose the Benefit of the said Enactments or either of them, so as to be chargeable in respect or by reason only of any written Acknowledgment or Promise made and signed by any other or others of them : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall alter or take away or lessen the Effect of any Payment of any Principal or Interest made by any Person whatsoever...
Page 709 - India warrants ; warehouse keepers' certificates ; warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other documents used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of §§ « » °. goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented...
Page 389 - Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped...
Page 551 - Court shall think reasonable ; and after any such amendment the trial shall proceed, whenever the same shall be proceeded with, in the same manner in all respects, and with the same consequences, both with respect to the liability of witnesses to be indicted for perjury and otherwise, as if no such variance had occurred...
Page 435 - ... upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof...
Page 433 - The fourth section of the statute of frauds (a) enacts, that no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriages, of another person...