A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and Duties of a Justice of the PeaceT. & T. Clark, 1855 - 984 pages |
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... clerk ought to be sworn faithfully to record the evidence ( de fideli ) , and it must be so stated in the report of ... clerk or assistant - clerk of any court . It is by said act recom- mended to the commissioners " to exercise their ...
... clerk ought to be sworn faithfully to record the evidence ( de fideli ) , and it must be so stated in the report of ... clerk or assistant - clerk of any court . It is by said act recom- mended to the commissioners " to exercise their ...
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... Clerk , Medwyn , and Moncreiff . The commissioner himself , rather than the clerk , at the close , ought slowly and distinctly to read over the deposition to the witness . The reading is essential to its validity , as otherwise it would ...
... Clerk , Medwyn , and Moncreiff . The commissioner himself , rather than the clerk , at the close , ought slowly and distinctly to read over the deposition to the witness . The reading is essential to its validity , as otherwise it would ...
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... clerk has a lien over the proof for payment of his own and the commissioner's fees . The latter is not fixed by any regulation , but is well understood in practice . The clerk's fees are regu lated by the table of fees for professional ...
... clerk has a lien over the proof for payment of his own and the commissioner's fees . The latter is not fixed by any regulation , but is well understood in practice . The clerk's fees are regu lated by the table of fees for professional ...
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... Clerk of Parliament ( 33 Geo . III . c . 13 , 1793 ) . Difficult questions have occurred as to whether certain statutes apply to Scotland . The general rule is , that being passed by the British Parliament , all are British statutes ...
... Clerk of Parliament ( 33 Geo . III . c . 13 , 1793 ) . Difficult questions have occurred as to whether certain statutes apply to Scotland . The general rule is , that being passed by the British Parliament , all are British statutes ...
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... Clerk , or other officer of the Court of Justiciary , of the shire , stewartry , city , liberty , or place in Scotland . " Lord Cockburn remarked , " I do not believe the author of the statute could tell what he meant ; " 20th Dec. 1837 ...
... Clerk , or other officer of the Court of Justiciary , of the shire , stewartry , city , liberty , or place in Scotland . " Lord Cockburn remarked , " I do not believe the author of the statute could tell what he meant ; " 20th Dec. 1837 ...
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Page 446 - Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon ; and no plaintiff shall recover in any such action, if tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into court after such action brought, by or on behalf of the defendant...
Page 370 - ... the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party as to the court shall seem meet ; and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment.
Page 272 - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great : ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is God's : and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
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