The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence, 19. köideJ. Richards, 1839 |
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Page 64 - Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, king and queen of England, France. Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland ; defenders of the faith ; princes of Spain and Sicily ; archdukes of Austria ; dukes of Milan, Burgundy, and Brabant; counts of Hapsburg, Flanders, and Tyrol.
Page 98 - In all cases in which any particular number of days, not expressed to be clear days, is prescribed by the rules or practice of the courts, the same shall be reckoned exclusively of the first day, and inclusively of the last day...
Page 120 - That every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 447 - ... be compelled ; in every such case, such Court shall direct, and, if necessary, compel, such infant or infants to convey such estates so to be sold (by all proper assurances in the law) to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and in such manner as the said Court shall think proper and direct : and every such infant shall make such conveyance accordingly, and every such conveyance shall be as valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as if such person or persons, being an infant or infants,...
Page 22 - An Act for abolishing arrest on mesne process in civil actions, except in certain cases; for extending the remedies of creditors against the property of debtors ; and for amending the laws for the relief of insolvent debtors in England.
Page 162 - Act, such person shall be at liberty to make his complaint thereof by appeal to the Justices of the Peace at the next general or quarter sessions of the Peace to be held for the county, riding, division, or place wherein the cause of such complaint shall arise, such appellant first giving to such Justices ten days...
Page 464 - Barrister-at-law of not less than seven years' standing, to take evidence by word of mouth, upon oath, which every such Commissioner is hereby empowered to administer, at such time or times, place or places, and as to such fact or facts, and in such manner, order, and course, and under such limitations and restrictions, and to transmit the same to the Registry of the said Court, in such form and manner as in and by the commission shall be directed ; and...
Page 372 - Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith ; to the Sheriff of greeting.
Page 372 - CD, if he shall be found in your bailiwick, and him safely keep, so that you may have his body before us [or in the Common Pleas
Page 67 - ... passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An act...