| Edmund Bott - 1773 - 552 Seiten
...miftake. * There is a known diftinclion be- «s«epl, it. tween circumftances which are of the eflence of a thing required to be done by an act of parliament, and claufes merely directory. The precife time in many cafes is not of the eflence. In ,R. y. Sparrow,... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Burrow - 1812 - 604 Seiten
...501. 527. pi. 9. 2 East. 171.] f 447 1 There is a known distinction between circumstances TJ- HH p ,J which are of the essence of a thing required to be done •49, 50. 1'gv'in.' by an act of parliament, and clauses merely directory. iii, 512.] The precise... | |
| Edmund Bott - 1827 - 824 Seiten
...five overseers for the parish of St. Chad m Shrewsbury Lord MANSFIELD. In the case of Rex v. Besland no opinion was given judicially, whether the appointment...many cases, is not of the essence. In Rex v. Sparrow (b), the justices had been guilty of a neglect in not appointing overseers within due time, and the... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus, Thomas Flower Ellis - 1836 - 900 Seiten
...law, bound to take; Com. Dig. Allegiance (B. 1.). Lord Mansfield, in Rex v. Loxdale (c), distinguishes between " circumstances which are of the essence of...act of parliament, and clauses merely directory;" and Baylcy J., in Rex v. Corfe Mullen (d), says of swearing in an officer, that it " may be rendered... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - 1838 - 338 Seiten
...they are of the essence of the whole proceeding. In Rex v. Loxdale (k), Lord Mansfield, C. J., siid, " there is a known distinction between circumstances...act of Parliament, and clauses merely directory." Secondly. The recognizance entered into by the petitioners was defective in two particulars. First,... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sandford Nevile - 1839 - 762 Seiten
...Mansfield has pointed out, that when the time is not essential such a clause is merely directory. " There is a known distinction between circumstances...precise time, in many cases, is not of the essence;" Rex v. Loxdale (b). So on the act 54 Geo. 3, c. 84, which enacts that the quarter sessions shall be... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1839 - 728 Seiten
...Mansfield has pointed out, that when the time is not essential such a clause is merely directory. " There is a known distinction between circumstances...precise time, in many cases, is not of the essence;" Rex v. Loxdaie (6). So on the act 54 Geo. 3, c. 84, which enacts that the quarter sessions shall be... | |
| Ireland. Court of King's Bench - 1840 - 448 Seiten
...on Slat. 715; Rex v. Justices of Leicester, (b) • they are merely directory, not mandatory, and " there is a known distinction between circumstances...act of parlia"ment, and clauses merely directory;" per Lord Mansfield, in Retv. Loxdale (c) ; so here, the taking down of the examinations is not the... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - 1841 - 922 Seiten
...previously observed. "There is a known distinction," says Lord Mansfield, in Rex v. Loxdale, 1 Burr. 447, " between circumstances which are of the essence of...act of parliament, and clauses merely directory." Though there may be mistakes and inaccuracies in the entries relating to other persons than the defendant... | |
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