A Digest of the Laws of New JerseyM. R. Dennis & Company, 1868 - 1152 pages |
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... peace , or arising in the army or navy or in the militia , when in actual service in time of war or public danger . 10. No person shall , after acquittal , be tried for the same offence . All persons shall , before conviction , be ...
... peace , or arising in the army or navy or in the militia , when in actual service in time of war or public danger . 10. No person shall , after acquittal , be tried for the same offence . All persons shall , before conviction , be ...
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Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey John Thompson Nixon. Justices of the peace . Section VII . 1. There may be elected , under this constitution , two , and not more than five , justices of the peace in each of the townships of ...
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey John Thompson Nixon. Justices of the peace . Section VII . 1. There may be elected , under this constitution , two , and not more than five , justices of the peace in each of the townships of ...
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... peace shall become vacant upon his ceasing to reside in the township in which he was elected . tion . The first election for justices of the peace shall take place at the First elec- next annual town meetings of the townships in the ...
... peace shall become vacant upon his ceasing to reside in the township in which he was elected . tion . The first election for justices of the peace shall take place at the First elec- next annual town meetings of the townships in the ...
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... peace to bind out children in certain cases , is limited and prescribed , shall be utterly void in law , as against such clerk , apprentice , or servant only . 4. No deed , contract , agreement , or writing whatsoever , made or to be ...
... peace to bind out children in certain cases , is limited and prescribed , shall be utterly void in law , as against such clerk , apprentice , or servant only . 4. No deed , contract , agreement , or writing whatsoever , made or to be ...
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... peace cannot compound or agree the matter between such master or mistress , and his or her clerk , apprentice or servant , then the said justice shall call to his assistance two other justices of the peace of the said county ...
... peace cannot compound or agree the matter between such master or mistress , and his or her clerk , apprentice or servant , then the said justice shall call to his assistance two other justices of the peace of the said county ...
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act entitled action of debt affidavit aforesaid appear appointed Approved March April 16 assigned bank bill bond cause cents certificate certiorari chancellor chattels chosen freeholders clerk common pleas constable conveyance conviction corporation costs court of chancery court of common court of record creditors debtor deed deemed defendant delivered directed dower duty election entered exceeding execution fees filed further Supplement guardian Harr hereafter hereby hereditaments high misdemeanor hundred dollars indictment issued judge judgment jurors jury justice lands liable manner March 18 March 20 ment misdemeanor mortgage notice oath or affirmation offending owner oyer and terminer paid party payment penalty person or persons plaintiff proceedings prosecute Provided real estate receive record recovered reside respective scire facias sheriff suit summons supreme court tenant tenements therein thereof thereto township trial vote writ of error
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Page 358 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 358 - ... any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof ; unless the agreement, upon which such action shall be brought or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page xxx - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amend-ment or amendments to the people...
Page 358 - June no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate...
Page 234 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 234 - ... provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate...
Page xxx - Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or Assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment, or amendments, shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas...
Page xiv - States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crimes, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Page xx - Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county, township or ward in which he resides, such time as may be provided by law, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections.
Page 358 - June [1677] all declarations or creations of trusts or confidences of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall be manifested and proved by some writing signed by the party who is by law enabled to declare such trust, or by his last will in writing, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.