The Law Lexicon, Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence: Explaining All the Technical Words and Phrases Employed in the Several Departments of English Law: Including Also the Various Legal Terms Used in Commercial Transactions; Together with an Explanatory as Well as Literal Translation of the Latin Maxims Contained in the Writings of the Ancient and Modern CommentatorsSpettigue and Farrance, 1848 - 707 Seiten |
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... civil year , and the fifth of the sacred . It answers to the moon that begins in July , and consists of thirty days . On the 24th is observed a feast in memory of the abolishment of the Sadducean law , which required sons and daughters ...
... civil year , and the fifth of the sacred . It answers to the moon that begins in July , and consists of thirty days . On the 24th is observed a feast in memory of the abolishment of the Sadducean law , which required sons and daughters ...
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... Civil Actions . ( 4 ) Abatement of Legacies and Debts . If spe- cific and pecuniary legacies are bequeathed , and the estate fall short to satisfy the pecu- niary legacies in full , they shall abate in proportion . 2 Fonbl . 369. Also ...
... Civil Actions . ( 4 ) Abatement of Legacies and Debts . If spe- cific and pecuniary legacies are bequeathed , and the estate fall short to satisfy the pecu- niary legacies in full , they shall abate in proportion . 2 Fonbl . 369. Also ...
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... civil ; criminal actions are more properly called prosecutions , and perhaps , actions penal , to recover some penalty under statute , are properly criminal actions . Actions civil are divided into three classes : -1 , real , which ...
... civil ; criminal actions are more properly called prosecutions , and perhaps , actions penal , to recover some penalty under statute , are properly criminal actions . Actions civil are divided into three classes : -1 , real , which ...
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... civil law like those of the Ecclesiastical courts , it is held at the same place with the Superior Ecclesiastical Courts at Doctors ' Commons , in London . This Court formerly had cognizance of all crimes and offences committed either ...
... civil law like those of the Ecclesiastical courts , it is held at the same place with the Superior Ecclesiastical Courts at Doctors ' Commons , in London . This Court formerly had cognizance of all crimes and offences committed either ...
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... civil injury , the remedy being by action , in which the husband may recover against the adulterer , a compensation in damages , for the loss of the society , comfort , and assistance of his wife , in consequence of the adultery . Con ...
... civil injury , the remedy being by action , in which the husband may recover against the adulterer , a compensation in damages , for the loss of the society , comfort , and assistance of his wife , in consequence of the adultery . Con ...
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abolished act of Parliament action ancient appointed assumpsit bill Blount bocland called canon law cause Chancery church civil law common law contract conveyance copyhold Court of Chancery court of equity Cowel creditors criminal Crown custom damages death debt declaration deed defendant Dict dower duty ecclesiastical enacted Encyc entitled execution executor felony freehold given granted heir husband indictment Inst issue Jenk Judge judgment jurisdiction jury justice King lands lease liable Lond lord Lord Chancellor manor marriage matter ment mortgage Nisi Prius notice oath offence paid Parliament party payment person plaintiff plea pleading possession Prac prison proceedings punishment quæ Queen's quod rent replevin Roman law rule Scotch Law Scotland seisin sheriff ship statute suit tenant term testator thereof thing tion trial unless Vict wife writ
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Seite 203 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Seite 10 - ... in every case where any accumulation shall be directed otherwise than as aforesaid, such direction shall be null and void, and the rents, issues, profits, and produce of such property so directed to be accumulated, shall, so long as the same shall be directed to be accumulated contrary to the provisions of this Act, go to and be received by such person or persons as would have been entitled thereto if such accumulation had not been directed.
Seite 143 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established by law ? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? — King or queen. All this I promise to do.
Seite 208 - December, 1833, no person shall make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover any land or rent, but within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress or to bring such action shall have first accrued...
Seite 10 - That no person or persons shall, after the passing of this Act, by any deed or deeds, surrender or surrenders, will, codicil or otherwise howsoever, settle or dispose of any real or personal property, so and in such manner that the rents, issues, profits or produce thereof shall be wholly or partially accumulated, for any longer term than the life or lives of any such grantor or grantors, settlor or settlors ; or the term of twentyone years from the death of any such grantor, settlor, devisor or...
Seite 39 - It seems that an assault is an attempt, or offer, with force and violence, to do a corporal hurt to another...
Seite 158 - That upon all debts or sums certain payable at a certain time, or otherwise, the jury on the trial of any issue, or on any inquisition of damages, may, if they shall think fit, allow interest to the creditor, at a rate not exceeding the current rate of interest, from the time when such debts or sums certain were payable, if such debts or sums certain be payable by virtue of some written instrument at a certain time...
Seite 388 - Law, nor any order in bankruptcy or lunacy shall by virtue of this act affect any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, as to purchasers, mortgagees, or creditors, unless and until a memorandum or minute, containing the name, and the usual or last known place of abode, and the title, trade, or profession...
Seite 328 - Corn, fish, salt, fruit, flour, and seed are warranted free from average, unless general, or the ship be stranded — sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides and skins are warranted free from average, under five pounds per cent, and all other goods, also the ship and freight, are warranted free from average, under three pounds per cent unless general, or the ship be stranded.
Seite 234 - Homicide per infortunium or misadventure is where a man, doing a lawful act without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another ; as where a man is at work with a hatchet, and the head thereof flies off...