A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and Duties of a Justice of the PeaceT. & T. Clark, 1880 - 884 pages |
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... jurisdiction , powers , and authorities necessary for this purpose are hereby conferred on sheriffs : Every such penalty may be recovered at the instance of the procurator- fiscal of the jurisdiction , or of the person who caused the ...
... jurisdiction , powers , and authorities necessary for this purpose are hereby conferred on sheriffs : Every such penalty may be recovered at the instance of the procurator- fiscal of the jurisdiction , or of the person who caused the ...
Page 23
... jurisdiction or cognisance by some statute in force at the time . ' But there is exempted any matter or thing touching the preservation of the peace , or the prosecution , trial , or punishment of offences , or touching proceedings ...
... jurisdiction or cognisance by some statute in force at the time . ' But there is exempted any matter or thing touching the preservation of the peace , or the prosecution , trial , or punishment of offences , or touching proceedings ...
Page 28
... jurisdiction of the justices , but none under their Small Debt Act , or where expressly precluded by special statute . 2. From sheriff - substitute to the sheriff , is allowed in certain cases , and the appeal in civil causes must be ...
... jurisdiction of the justices , but none under their Small Debt Act , or where expressly precluded by special statute . 2. From sheriff - substitute to the sheriff , is allowed in certain cases , and the appeal in civil causes must be ...
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... jurisdiction ) is used against foreigners , whereby their moveable effects are attached in Scotland to render them liable to the jurisdiction of the Scotch Courts . The attachment may proceed on the warrant of the Court of Session ...
... jurisdiction ) is used against foreigners , whereby their moveable effects are attached in Scotland to render them liable to the jurisdiction of the Scotch Courts . The attachment may proceed on the warrant of the Court of Session ...
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... jurisdiction the arrestees are liable , though the common debtor does not reside within the jurisdiction . Where there are more arrestments or other claims , the arrestee , or any claimant in his name , may bring an action of ...
... jurisdiction the arrestees are liable , though the common debtor does not reside within the jurisdiction . Where there are more arrestments or other claims , the arrestee , or any claimant in his name , may bring an action of ...
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Page 582 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 582 - ... 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 21 - An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire Suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits;' and to make other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
Page 476 - ... and other payments, according to the time which shall have elapsed from the commencement or last period of payment thereof respectively (as the case may be), including the day of the death of such person, or of the determination of his or her interest...
Page 449 - Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post...
Page 312 - 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.
Page 3 - I, AB, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors according to law. So help me God!
Page 526 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God.
Page 281 - In this act the following words and expressions shall have the meanings in this section assigned to them respectively, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction ; (that is to say), "The expression 'Bill of Sale...
Page 3 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...