Irish Chancery Reports: Being a Series of Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery and the Rolls Court, in Ireland...1850[-1866]...Hodges, 1866 |
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Act of Parliament action age of discretion age of fourteen agreement alleged Andrew Cowan appears application argument assignment attorney averment BELFAST HARBOUR Bench THE QUEEN certiorari charge cited Commissioners committed Common Law Common Pleas CONNOR an Infant contract Cork Counsel Court Court of Exchequer covenant custody decision defendant defendant's demurrer Domvile Drogheda duty EARL OF HOWTH ejectment entitled estoppel eviction by title Exch Exchequer executed facts father fee-farm grants FITZGERALD Galvin grand jury ground guardian habeas corpus HAMERTON held indenture indictment interpleader IRISH SOCIETY judgment Justice King King's County land Landlord and Tenant Law Rep lease lessee lessor liable libel Lord Lord Campbell notice offence opinion parcel parties person plaintiff pleaded poor-rate possession present prisoner privileged proceedings profits prosecutor provisions publication Queen's Bench question Railway Company reference Regina rent respect rule SCOVELL statute summons and plaint taxes title paramount TYRRELL Wallace words writ
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Page 89 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 329 - And lastly, it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents, that in case the said...
Page 56 - When any offense against the United States is begun in one Judicial District and completed in another, it shall be deemed to have been committed in either, and may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in either district, in the same manner as if it had been actually and wholly committed therein.
Page 104 - In Byam v. Collins, 111 NY 143, it is said: 'A libelous communication is regarded as privileged, if made bona fide, upon any subject-matter in which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty...
Page 372 - It is often said that the test, or one of the tests, whether a person not ostensibly a partner is nevertheless in contemplation of law a partner, is whether he is entitled to participate in the profits. This no doubt is in general a sufficiently accurate test; for a right to participate in profits affords cogent, often conclusive, evidence that the trade in which the profits have been made was carried on in part for or on behalf of the person setting up such a claim.
Page 303 - Erskine in the Court of QB for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against magistrates for a conspiracy corruptly to refuse a license to a public-house.
Page 61 - It shall not be necessary to state any Venue in the Body of any Indictment, but the County, City, or other Jurisdiction named in the Margin thereof shall be taken to be the Venue for all the Facts stated in the Body of such Indictment ; provided that in Cases where local Description is or hereafter shall be required, such local Description shall be given in the Body of the Indictment...
Page 176 - If there be a breach of contract, or wrong done, or any other cause of action, by one against another, and judgment be recovered in a Court of record, the judgment is a bar to the original cause of action, because it is thereby reduced to a certainty, and the object of the suit attained so far as it can...
Page 302 - A publication, without justification or lawful excuse, which is calculated to injure the reputation of another, by exposing him to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, is a libel.
Page 215 - Not to assign underlet or part with the possession of the Premises or any part thereof without the consent in writing of the Landlords first obtained FORM No.