Rights & Wrongs: A Manual of Household LawRoutledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860 - 353 pages |
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... person who may injure us in life or limb , and absolves us from the performance of any promise no matter how solemnly or formally made — if it has been exacted under threats against either the one or the other . It also protects us from ...
... person who may injure us in life or limb , and absolves us from the performance of any promise no matter how solemnly or formally made — if it has been exacted under threats against either the one or the other . It also protects us from ...
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... person who may injure us in life or limb , and absolves us from the performance of any promise - no matter how solemnly or formally made - if it has been exacted under threats against either the one or the other . It also protects us ...
... person who may injure us in life or limb , and absolves us from the performance of any promise - no matter how solemnly or formally made - if it has been exacted under threats against either the one or the other . It also protects us ...
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... person , or class of persons , in seizing or injuring the private property of another . Sometimes the legislature compels a man to sell his land , & c . , for the purpose of railways , roads , docks , & c . , being constructed through ...
... person , or class of persons , in seizing or injuring the private property of another . Sometimes the legislature compels a man to sell his land , & c . , for the purpose of railways , roads , docks , & c . , being constructed through ...
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... person outlawed for not submitting to legal process , has his rights of property suspended , and a felon sentenced to transportation , or penal servitude , for life , is civilly dead ; but should the former submit , and the latter ...
... person outlawed for not submitting to legal process , has his rights of property suspended , and a felon sentenced to transportation , or penal servitude , for life , is civilly dead ; but should the former submit , and the latter ...
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... person sought to be charged has by some payment of money acknowledged his paternity . This rule is framed to prevent false charges being made at a time when , on account of the period that had elapsed , it would be difficult or ...
... person sought to be charged has by some payment of money acknowledged his paternity . This rule is framed to prevent false charges being made at a time when , on account of the period that had elapsed , it would be difficult or ...
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Page 44 - accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment, or that some note or memorandum in writing of the said bargain be made and signed by the parties to be charged
Page 228 - Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing, and if made according to English law to be under seal, may be made on behalf of the company in writing, under the common seal of the company, and such contract may be
Page 228 - or discharged: Any contract which if made between private persons would by law be valid although made by parole only, and not reduced into writing, may be made by parole on behalf of the company by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the company, and such contract may in the same
Page 108 - of work, or to regulate the mode of carrying on any manufacture, trade, or business, or the management thereof; or if any person shall, by violence to the person or property of another, or by threats or intimidation, or by molesting or in any way obstructing another, force or endeavour to force, any manufacturer, or
Page 240 - by the company in general meeting, subject nevertheless to any regulations of the articles of association, to the provisions of this Act, and to such regulations, being not inconsistent with the aforesaid regulations or provisions, as may be prescribed by the company in general meeting ; but no regulation made by the company in general meeting
Page 230 - To carry on the business of the company, so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up of the same : To bring or defend any action, suit, or prosecution, or other legal proceeding, civil or criminal, in the name and on behalf of the company : To sell the real and personal
Page 267 - be so placed at or after, or following, or under, or beside, or opposite to the end of the will, that it shall be apparent on the face of the will that the testator intended to give effect by such his signature to the writing signed as his will.
Page 228 - be made on behalf of the company in writing signed by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the company, and such contract may in the same manner be varied or discharged: Any contract which if made between private persons would by law be valid although made by
Page 267 - made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses must attest and subscribe tlie will in the presence of the testator, but
Page 7 - the same is or shall be granted, is illegal. " 5. That it is the right of the subject to petition the king; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal. " 6. That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom, in the time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law. " 7. That subjects which are Protestants may