The New Virginia Justice, Comprising the Office and Authority of a Justice of the Peace, in the Commonwealth of Virginia1810 - 688 pages |
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... court in which he dies . Perk . sec . 489. Godolph , part 1 . ch . 22. 2 Bl . Com . 509 . Bote , is an old word signifying help , succour , aid , or advantage , and is commonly joined with another word , whose signification it aug ...
... court in which he dies . Perk . sec . 489. Godolph , part 1 . ch . 22. 2 Bl . Com . 509 . Bote , is an old word signifying help , succour , aid , or advantage , and is commonly joined with another word , whose signification it aug ...
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... court to be held for the county of answer to such matters as shall then and there be objected against him by A. I. of the said county , gentleman , concerning the assaulting , beating , and wounding the said A. I. by him , the said ...
... court to be held for the county of answer to such matters as shall then and there be objected against him by A. I. of the said county , gentleman , concerning the assaulting , beating , and wounding the said A. I. by him , the said ...
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... court , the court of chancery took jurisdiction Rep . in Ch . 164. 2 Show . 283 and those decrees were held to be included in the act of parliament for confirming judicial proceedings ( 2 Comy . Dig . by Rose , 354. 1 Rep . in Ch . 186 ...
... court , the court of chancery took jurisdiction Rep . in Ch . 164. 2 Show . 283 and those decrees were held to be included in the act of parliament for confirming judicial proceedings ( 2 Comy . Dig . by Rose , 354. 1 Rep . in Ch . 186 ...
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... courts originally , and , for a series of years , exclusively exercised jurisdiction is a fact admitted on all hands . The first case in which the court of chancery decreed alimony was that of Lasbrook v . Tyler , 6 Car . I. ( 1631 ) ...
... courts originally , and , for a series of years , exclusively exercised jurisdiction is a fact admitted on all hands . The first case in which the court of chancery decreed alimony was that of Lasbrook v . Tyler , 6 Car . I. ( 1631 ) ...
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... court exclusively took cognizance of such cases , from neces- sity ( there being no spiritual court ) and by virtue of the general juris- diction of the court . It must be borne in mind , that the troubles , as they are called in ...
... court exclusively took cognizance of such cases , from neces- sity ( there being no spiritual court ) and by virtue of the general juris- diction of the court . It must be borne in mind , that the troubles , as they are called in ...
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Page 659 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state or territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 663 - Territory to which such person has fled, and produces a copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any State or Territory, charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the Governor or Chief Magistrate of the State or Territory from whence the person so charged has fled, it shall be the duty of the Executive authority of the State or Territory to which such person has fled to cause him to be arrested and...
Page 659 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every Court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the Courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 664 - ... empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the Circuit or District Courts of the United States, residing or being within the state, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Page 650 - State where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders in such State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.
Page 663 - Whenever the executive authority of any state or territory demands any person as a fugitive from justice, of the executive authority of any state or territory to which such person has fled, and...
Page 669 - Large, 1 12,) provides in its third section, " that if any person or persons shall within any fort, arsenal, dock-yard, magazine, or in any other place or district of country under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, commit the crime of wilful murder, such person or persons, on being thereof convicted, shall suffer death.
Page 417 - ... the jury before whom any person indicted for murder shall be tried, shall, if they find such person guilty thereof, designate by their verdict, whether it be murder of the first or second degree...
Page 659 - If the said certificate is given by the presiding justice of a court, it shall be further authenticated by the clerk or prothonotary of the said court, who shall certify, under his hand and the seal of his office, that the...
Page 473 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...