A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections, Volume 7T. Davis, 1846 - Law |
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... verdict , shall be taken to be so ; for he being named to be seised , and this by verdict being found , it is necessary it should be intended J S mentioned , for here it cannot possibly be taken indifferently either way . Cro . Eliz ...
... verdict , shall be taken to be so ; for he being named to be seised , and this by verdict being found , it is necessary it should be intended J S mentioned , for here it cannot possibly be taken indifferently either way . Cro . Eliz ...
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... verdict hath no credit against a record , and therefore it cannot reconcile the difference that appeared to be between the records ; but in this case , if it had been before the court , it might have been amended . Cro . Eliz . 459 ...
... verdict hath no credit against a record , and therefore it cannot reconcile the difference that appeared to be between the records ; but in this case , if it had been before the court , it might have been amended . Cro . Eliz . 459 ...
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... verdict , but it was not found of what age the son was . Clinch said , that if the jury had found that the son was of the age of seventeen years , the payment had been good . But by Wray , if a bond ( F ) Mortgagees and their Assignees ...
... verdict , but it was not found of what age the son was . Clinch said , that if the jury had found that the son was of the age of seventeen years , the payment had been good . But by Wray , if a bond ( F ) Mortgagees and their Assignees ...
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... verdict of man- slaughter ; but the court said they could not receive that verdict , and told the jury if they believed the evidence , they must find the prisoner guilty of murder , and that if they did not believe the evidence , they ...
... verdict of man- slaughter ; but the court said they could not receive that verdict , and told the jury if they believed the evidence , they must find the prisoner guilty of murder , and that if they did not believe the evidence , they ...
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... verdict , the plaintiff discovers some error or de- fect in the proceedings , or is unable to prove a material point , for want of necessary witness , & c . , and thereupon being demanded , ( as he must be ) his default is recorded by ...
... verdict , the plaintiff discovers some error or de- fect in the proceedings , or is unable to prove a material point , for want of necessary witness , & c . , and thereupon being demanded , ( as he must be ) his default is recorded by ...
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Page 373 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 373 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 376 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 479 - His lordship then proceeded to say that the dependence or independence of covenants was to be collected from the evident sense and meaning of the parties, and that however transposed they might be in the deed, their precedency must depend on the order of time in which the intent of the transaction requires their performance.
Page 25 - Provided also and be it declared and enacted, that any declaration before mentioned shall not extend to any letters patent and grants of privilege for the term of fourteen years or under, hereafter to be made of the sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within this Realm, to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time of making such letters patents and grants shall not use...
Page 372 - Christ, at, or after, the consecration thereof, by any person whatsoever ; and that the invocation, or adoration, of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 440 - Lord Hale, in his treatise De jure marts, says, that the arm or " branch of the sea which lies within the fauces terras, where a " man may reasonably discern between shore and shore, is, or at " least may be, within the body of a county.
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Page 451 - ... for taking or destroying fish which shall then be in his possession, and in case such offender shall not immediately deliver up the same, may seize and take the same from him for the use of such owner...
Page 399 - A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual, on whom it is bestowed, from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed.