Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law: With Tables of the Cases and Principal Matters ...T. & J.W. Johnson, 1872 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... charge was general to all the justices , and not laid specially upon any one person in the commission , as it doth appear in the Tower by the records which I have already vouched " ( see Lambard , 373 , & c . , printed in 1602 ) . By ...
... charge was general to all the justices , and not laid specially upon any one person in the commission , as it doth appear in the Tower by the records which I have already vouched " ( see Lambard , 373 , & c . , printed in 1602 ) . By ...
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... charged to advise the king what was the best way of keeping the peace of the kingdom , they recommended that six ... charge was introduced to enforce the observance also of par- ticular statutes , viz . the statutes of Winton , 2 Edw ...
... charged to advise the king what was the best way of keeping the peace of the kingdom , they recommended that six ... charge was introduced to enforce the observance also of par- ticular statutes , viz . the statutes of Winton , 2 Edw ...
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... charge , ought to have all right appertaining to his office , and to be favoured in law . This is illustrated by the case of Gaols , the custody of which of right belongs , and is incident to , the office of sheriff , who must answer ...
... charge , ought to have all right appertaining to his office , and to be favoured in law . This is illustrated by the case of Gaols , the custody of which of right belongs , and is incident to , the office of sheriff , who must answer ...
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... charge had been made of maliciously cutting down a tree on premises in his occupation , the pro- perty of A. B. Held , that defendant was not liable to an action . TRESPASS for assault and imprisonment . Plea , not guilty . At the trial ...
... charge had been made of maliciously cutting down a tree on premises in his occupation , the pro- perty of A. B. Held , that defendant was not liable to an action . TRESPASS for assault and imprisonment . Plea , not guilty . At the trial ...
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... charge of felony , an action of trespass will lie . But no case can be found where such action has been attempted without imputation of corrupt motive or malice ; and in Lowther v . Lord Radnor , 8 East , 113 , it was held that trespass ...
... charge of felony , an action of trespass will lie . But no case can be found where such action has been attempted without imputation of corrupt motive or malice ; and in Lowther v . Lord Radnor , 8 East , 113 , it was held that trespass ...
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Page 319 - ... (the act of God, the Queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation of whatever nature and kind soever excepted) unto or to assigns freight for the said goods with primage and average accustomed.
Page 399 - Misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years nor less than Seven Years, or to suffer such other Punishment by Fine or Imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award...
Page 112 - And be it further enacted, that any penalty or forfeiture inflicted by this act may be prosecuted, sued for, and recovered, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record...
Page 235 - The first count of the declaration, upon which alone the question arises, stated that, in consideration that the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, had bought of the defendant a horse for the sum of £30, the defendant promised that it was sound and free from vice.
Page 589 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 262 - I take the effect of repealing a statute to be, to obliterate it as completely from the records of the parliament as if it had never passed ; and it must be considered as a law that never existed, except for the purpose of those actions which were commenced, prosecuted, and concluded whilst it was an existing law.
Page 378 - ... was served, and that no sufficient distress was to be found on the demised premises, countervailing the arrears then due, and that the lessor...
Page 461 - ... that in actions of debt or upon the case grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract...
Page 124 - ... upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof...
Page 123 - That in Actions of Debt or upon the Case grounded upon any Simple Contract no Acknowledgment or Promise by Words only shall be deemed sufficient Evidence of a new or continuing Contract, whereby to take any Case out of the Operation of the...