The Jurist, Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence and Legislation, Volume 1Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1827 - Jurisprudence |
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Page 19
... taken a portion of Magna Charta , and dis- solved it in the aqua distillata ' of modern legislative phraseo- logy , with most ludicrous effect . On the other hand , he has taken the Bankrupt Act , and translated it into ordinary ...
... taken a portion of Magna Charta , and dis- solved it in the aqua distillata ' of modern legislative phraseo- logy , with most ludicrous effect . On the other hand , he has taken the Bankrupt Act , and translated it into ordinary ...
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... taken away in several states in favour of women , and there is a general national feeling of abolishing it altogether , and of giving to credi- tors a more complete and summary power over the property of their debtors than the present ...
... taken away in several states in favour of women , and there is a general national feeling of abolishing it altogether , and of giving to credi- tors a more complete and summary power over the property of their debtors than the present ...
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... taken from ecclesiastical , has been conferred on the civil tribunals . Voluminous conveyancing and intricate special pleading , among the cost- liest mysteries of professional learning in Great Britain , have given place to the plain ...
... taken from ecclesiastical , has been conferred on the civil tribunals . Voluminous conveyancing and intricate special pleading , among the cost- liest mysteries of professional learning in Great Britain , have given place to the plain ...
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... taken as a measure of its value . The salary of the head - master of Eton College does not , we believe , exceed 401. per annum , and the head - waiter of the London Coffee - house pays 1007. a - year for his situation . Now we will put ...
... taken as a measure of its value . The salary of the head - master of Eton College does not , we believe , exceed 401. per annum , and the head - waiter of the London Coffee - house pays 1007. a - year for his situation . Now we will put ...
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... taken to the Sheriff , either from suspicion of partiality , or on the ground of his having an interest in the suit , process should , by law , be awarded to the Coroner instead of the Sheriff , for the execution of the King's writs ...
... taken to the Sheriff , either from suspicion of partiality , or on the ground of his having an interest in the suit , process should , by law , be awarded to the Coroner instead of the Sheriff , for the execution of the King's writs ...
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Page 109 - I tell you, captain, if you look in the maps of the 'orld, I warrant you shall find, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth, that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river in Macedon ; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth...
Page 184 - ... swear, that you will not divulge the sentence of the court until it shall be...
Page 110 - Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
Page 312 - Statute shall be understood to include several Matters as well as One Matter, and several Persons as well as One Person, and Females as well as Males, and Bodies Corporate as well as Individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction...
Page 316 - An Act to defray the charge of the pay, clothing, and contingent and other expenses of the disembodied militia in Great Britain and Ireland; and to grant allowances in certain cases to subaltern officers, adjutants, paymasters, quartermasters, surgeons, assistant surgeons, surgeons' mates, and serjeant majors of the militia, until the 1st day of July, 1841.
Page 263 - ... every such person so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanour...
Page 282 - A SERIOUS remonstrance in behalf of the Christian religion, against the horrid blasphemies and impieties which are still used in the English play-houses, to the great dishonour of Almighty God, and in contempt of the statutes of this realm.
Page 309 - AN ACT to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the Time limited for those Purposes respectively...
Page 83 - Bengal, from time to time, to make and issue such rules, ordinances, and regulations, for the good order and civil government of the said United Company's Settlement at Fort William aforesaid, and other factories and places subordinate, or to be subordinate thereto, as shall be deemed just and reasonable, (such rules, ordinances, and regulations not being repugnant to the laws of the realm...
Page 388 - And whereas it is the duty of every person using or exercising the art and mystery of an apothecary, to prepare with exactness, and to dispense such medicines as may be directed for the sick by any physician lawfully licensed to practise physic by the president and commonalty of the faculty of physic in London, or by either of the two universities of Oxford or Cambridge...