The Practice of the Sheriff Courts of Scotland in Civil CausesBell & Bradfute, 1875 - 812 pages |
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... rules of Court , hardly one of which is complete in itself ; and which , taken altogether , extend over such a period of time , and fill such a mass of literature , as to make the extrication of the practical rules a task of serious ...
... rules of Court , hardly one of which is complete in itself ; and which , taken altogether , extend over such a period of time , and fill such a mass of literature , as to make the extrication of the practical rules a task of serious ...
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... rule . It was at first only in the most important cases that the Sheriff employed some one , usually a notary public , to ( 1 ) Macevers v . Ross , 1761 , M. 13,435 . It was " observed from the Bench that it was contra bonos mores to ...
... rule . It was at first only in the most important cases that the Sheriff employed some one , usually a notary public , to ( 1 ) Macevers v . Ross , 1761 , M. 13,435 . It was " observed from the Bench that it was contra bonos mores to ...
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... rules is made by sta- tute with reference to deeds which are void under any of the Bankruptcy Acts . ( i ) Such deeds may be set aside in the Sheriff Court as well as in the Court of Session . This does not make it competent to raise a ...
... rules is made by sta- tute with reference to deeds which are void under any of the Bankruptcy Acts . ( i ) Such deeds may be set aside in the Sheriff Court as well as in the Court of Session . This does not make it competent to raise a ...
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... rule has been adopted that the residence is held sufficient to found juris- diction if the defender has been there for forty days before citation . But provided the forty days are passed , no other condition is required ; and the ...
... rule has been adopted that the residence is held sufficient to found juris- diction if the defender has been there for forty days before citation . But provided the forty days are passed , no other condition is required ; and the ...
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... rules as to reconvention have been developed in the Supreme Court , and there are no decisions to tell how far they are applicable to the Sheriff Courts . It is here necessary ( v ) Thomson v . Whitehead , 25 Jan. 1862 , 24 D. 331 . ( x ) ...
... rules as to reconvention have been developed in the Supreme Court , and there are no decisions to tell how far they are applicable to the Sheriff Courts . It is here necessary ( v ) Thomson v . Whitehead , 25 Jan. 1862 , 24 D. 331 . ( x ) ...
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