A Treatise on the Statute of Limitations: (21 Jac. I. C. 16.) |
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... tion , and conclusive in its effect , will be a suf- ficient apology for this attempt ; and the rather so , because the intention of the Legislature is not manifested in the wording of the Act , as is proved by the many questions that ...
... tion , and conclusive in its effect , will be a suf- ficient apology for this attempt ; and the rather so , because the intention of the Legislature is not manifested in the wording of the Act , as is proved by the many questions that ...
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... tion given or accrued , fallen or come within the age of twenty- one years , feme covert , non compos mentis , imprisoned , or beyond the seas , that then such person or persons shall be at liberty to bring the same actions , so as they ...
... tion given or accrued , fallen or come within the age of twenty- one years , feme covert , non compos mentis , imprisoned , or beyond the seas , that then such person or persons shall be at liberty to bring the same actions , so as they ...
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... tion of the land . * Disseisin was a complicated fact , and differed from [ * 20 ] dispossessing . The freeholder by disseisin differed from a possessor by wrong . [ 1 ] Bracton , c . 2. de Assisa No- . Court Held , That whatever ...
... tion of the land . * Disseisin was a complicated fact , and differed from [ * 20 ] dispossessing . The freeholder by disseisin differed from a possessor by wrong . [ 1 ] Bracton , c . 2. de Assisa No- . Court Held , That whatever ...
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... tion were parcel of the manor of Stebunheath otherwise Step- ney , in Middlesex . At a court holden for the manor , on the 12th April , 1743 , Thomazine Taylor , spinster , was admitted to the premises , by the description of , & c ...
... tion were parcel of the manor of Stebunheath otherwise Step- ney , in Middlesex . At a court holden for the manor , on the 12th April , 1743 , Thomazine Taylor , spinster , was admitted to the premises , by the description of , & c ...
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... tion of the legal title of the heirs as to preclude the defendant " from denying that it passed from the trustee to the cestuy que " trust . " lessors of the plaintiff , who were lords of the CH . 2. ] Right of Entry .
... tion of the legal title of the heirs as to preclude the defendant " from denying that it passed from the trustee to the cestuy que " trust . " lessors of the plaintiff , who were lords of the CH . 2. ] Right of Entry .
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acknowledgment Act of Limitations action accrued action of debt actions of trespass Adm'r administrator Admr adverse possession appear assignees Barnew Bibb's Rep bring brought cause of action claim clausum fregit commenced common law common pleas contract Court Court of Equity Cranch's Rep death declaration deed defendant pleaded defendant's delivering the Opinion demand demurrer detinue disability disseisin ejectment entitled equity evidence Ex'ors Ex'rs executor Exors feme covert fendant formedon fraud Harr Hayw heirs held Ibid infra sex annos intestate issue Jackson ex Johns judgment jury land latitat lease Lessee lessor Lord ment merchant Munf non compos mentis party payment plaintiff replied pleaded the statute promise to pay promissory note prosecuted proviso rent replication Reports right of entry Sect seisin Serg Statute of Limitations sued suit tenant in common term testator tion trover trust twenty verdict Vide vols writ of right
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Page 497 - April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which have not since expired, or been repealed or altered ; and such acts of the Legislature of this State as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this State, subject to such alterations as the Legislature shall make concerning the same.
Page 4 - ... all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty...
Page 483 - In every action for the recovery of real property, or the possession thereof, the person establishing a legal title to the property is presumed to have been possessed thereof within the time required by law, and the occupation of the property by any other person is deemed to have been under and in subordination to "the legal title...
Page 527 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 483 - ... years before the commencement of the act in respect to which such action is prosecuted or defense made.
Page 281 - Enactments or either of them, or to deprive any Party of the Benefit thereof, unless such Acknowledgment or Promise shall be made or contained by or in some Writing to be signed by the Party chargeable thereby...
Page 502 - But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already laws of their own, the king may indeed alter and change those laws; but, till he does actually change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, unless such as are against the law of God, as in the case of an infidel country.
Page 493 - Within the age of twenty-one years ; or, 2. Insane ; or, 3. Imprisoned on a criminal charge, or in execution upon conviction of a criminal offence, for a term less than for life ; or, 4.
Page 4 - ... shall be commenced and sued within the time and limitation herein-after expressed, and not after...
Page 484 - ... being a conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the decree or judgment of a competent court, and that there has been a continued occupation and possession of the premises included in such instrument, decree, or judgment, or of some part of such premises, under such claim, for five years, the premises so included shall be deemed to have been held adversely...