The Cabinet Lawyer: A Popular Digest of the Laws of England, Civil, Criminal and ConstitutionalLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1871 - 879 pages |
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... Election Committees , and Pri- vate Bills Proceedings at Elections Bribery and Treating in Elections . Mode of Transacting Business in Parliament Reform of Representation Royal Assent xii RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE CHAPTER VI . PART II.
... Election Committees , and Pri- vate Bills Proceedings at Elections Bribery and Treating in Elections . Mode of Transacting Business in Parliament Reform of Representation Royal Assent xii RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE CHAPTER VI . PART II.
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... elections , and for the reform of the repre- sentation of the people , under William IV . No one can sit and vote in parliament unless he be twenty - one years of age . Nor is an alien , though naturalized , capable of being a member of ...
... elections , and for the reform of the repre- sentation of the people , under William IV . No one can sit and vote in parliament unless he be twenty - one years of age . Nor is an alien , though naturalized , capable of being a member of ...
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... election of his suc- cessor . Owing to increased facilities for communication , the time for the issue of the proclamation , prior to the election , is reduced from twenty - five to ten days . By s . 3 , Scotch peers may take the oath ...
... election of his suc- cessor . Owing to increased facilities for communication , the time for the issue of the proclamation , prior to the election , is reduced from twenty - five to ten days . By s . 3 , Scotch peers may take the oath ...
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... election more secretaries and under secre- taries are elected than four of each class , no one of such number is qualified to sit in the house till the number , by death or resigna- tion , is reduced to the statutable amount . An M.P. ...
... election more secretaries and under secre- taries are elected than four of each class , no one of such number is qualified to sit in the house till the number , by death or resigna- tion , is reduced to the statutable amount . An M.P. ...
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... elections for the West Riding were only to ensue after the dissolution of parliament , so that , till then , the commons continued short of its full complement of 658 members . 39 105 658 II . QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS . ENGLAND AND ...
... elections for the West Riding were only to ensue after the dissolution of parliament , so that , till then , the commons continued short of its full complement of 658 members . 39 105 658 II . QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS . ENGLAND AND ...
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Page 666 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 543 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 77 - Viet. c. 99. s. 2. enacts that, " On the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in any Court of justice, or before any person having by law, or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence, the parties thereto, and the persons in whose behalf any such suit, action, or other proceeding...
Page 81 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 503 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall unlawfully take, or cause to be taken, any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 460 - ... at the time of making the settlement able to pay all his debts without the aid of the property comprised in the settlement, and that the interest of the settlor in such property had passed to the trustee of such settlement on the execution thereof.
Page 499 - Can a medical man conversant with the disease of insanity, who never saw the prisoner previously to the trial, but who was present during the whole trial and the examination of all the witnesses, be asked his opinion as to the state of the prisoner's mind at the time of the commission of the alleged crime? or his opinion whether the prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act that he was acting contrary to law, or whether he was labouring under any and what delusion at the time?
Page 15 - ... offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person to serve hi parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election.
Page 47 - Either party may call upon the other party to admit any document, saving all just exceptions; and in case of refusal or neglect to admit...