Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone)Butterworths, 1903 |
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... matters , the body at large was held nevertheless to have the power to legislate with regard to all matters not so specified ( c ) . And every corporation has the right to alter or repeal the by - laws which itself has made ( d ) . ( 5 ...
... matters , the body at large was held nevertheless to have the power to legislate with regard to all matters not so specified ( c ) . And every corporation has the right to alter or repeal the by - laws which itself has made ( d ) . ( 5 ...
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... matters affecting the directors and officers of the company require to be investi- gated . Such investigation used to take place under sect . 165 of the Companies Act , 1862 , but it is now regulated , as to English Companies , by sect ...
... matters affecting the directors and officers of the company require to be investi- gated . Such investigation used to take place under sect . 165 of the Companies Act , 1862 , but it is now regulated , as to English Companies , by sect ...
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... matters enumerated in section 3 , to which we shall revert later ( g ) . The Act has also trans- ferred to county councils the business of the justices of the county out of session , in respect of the licensing of stage plays , and the ...
... matters enumerated in section 3 , to which we shall revert later ( g ) . The Act has also trans- ferred to county councils the business of the justices of the county out of session , in respect of the licensing of stage plays , and the ...
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... matters ) the making , assessing , and levying of county rates , police rates , and rates generally , and the application and expen- diture of the money received on account of such rates , and from imperial grants in aid for certain ...
... matters ) the making , assessing , and levying of county rates , police rates , and rates generally , and the application and expen- diture of the money received on account of such rates , and from imperial grants in aid for certain ...
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... matters aforesaid , in like manner as the council of a borough may make by - laws , in relation to its borough , under the Municipal Corporations Act , 1882 ; but the by - laws of a county council are not operative in any borough ( g ) ...
... matters aforesaid , in like manner as the council of a borough may make by - laws , in relation to its borough , under the Municipal Corporations Act , 1882 ; but the by - laws of a county council are not operative in any borough ( g ) ...
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Page 205 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 454 - Any absolute assignment by writing under the hand of the assignor (not purporting to be by way of charge only) of any debt or other legal chose in action...
Page 453 - A mortgagor entitled for the time being to the possession or receipt of the rents and profits of any land as to which no notice of his intention to take possession or to enter into the receipt of the rents and profits thereof shall have been given by the mortgagee, may sue for such possession, or for the recovery of such rents or profits, or to prevent or recover damages in respect of any trespass or other wrong relative thereto, in his own name only, unless the cause of action arises upon a lease...
Page 490 - 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.
Page 508 - ... by the instrument, if any, creating the trust, or if there is no such person or no such person able and willing to act, then the surviving or continuing trustees or trustee for the time being, or the personal representatives of the last surviving or continuing trustee...
Page 508 - ... the trust, or if there is no such person, or no such person able and willing to act, then the surviving or continuing trustees or trustee for the time being, or the personal representatives of the last surviving or continuing trustee, may by writing, 'appoint another person or other persons to be a trustee or trustees in the place of the trustee dead, remaining out of the United Kingdom, desiring to be discharged, refusing or being unfit, or being incapable, as aforesaid.
Page 19 - Act being wound up, every present and past member of such company shall be liable to contribute to the assets of the company to an amount sufficient for payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, and the costs, charges, and expenses of the winding up, and for the payment of such sums as may be required for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories amongst themselves...
Page 224 - If a justice of the peace is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Act...
Page 571 - All persons may be joined in one action as defendants if there is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative, any right to relief in respect of or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences and if any question of law or fact common to all of them will arise in the action.
Page 689 - ... directed to the judge, and parties of a suit in any inferior court, commanding them to cease from the prosecution thereof, upon a suggestion that either the cause originally, or some collateral matter arising therein, does not belong to that jurisdiction, but to the cognizance of some other court.