The Cabinet Lawyer: A Popular Digest of the Laws of England, Civil, Criminal and Constitutional |
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... hold office , which is usually so long as they can command a majority of the House of Commons . The number and selection of the cabinet council depend on the queen's pleasure , under the advice of the prime minister whom she may have ...
... hold office , which is usually so long as they can command a majority of the House of Commons . The number and selection of the cabinet council depend on the queen's pleasure , under the advice of the prime minister whom she may have ...
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... hold , or are supposed to hold , certain ancient baronies under the king . The lords temporal consist of all peers of the realm , being of full age and not mentally incapacitated the number of these may be increased at the pleasure of ...
... hold , or are supposed to hold , certain ancient baronies under the king . The lords temporal consist of all peers of the realm , being of full age and not mentally incapacitated the number of these may be increased at the pleasure of ...
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... hold up his hand . In civil actions , his house cannot be searched by the sheriff without the authority of a royal warrant . He is privileged to sit covered on the bench in courts of law , and to give his opinion to the judge . He is ...
... hold up his hand . In civil actions , his house cannot be searched by the sheriff without the authority of a royal warrant . He is privileged to sit covered on the bench in courts of law , and to give his opinion to the judge . He is ...
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... holds such office . By s . 2 , if during a general election more secretaries and under secre- taries are elected than four of each class , no one of such number is qualified to sit in the house till the number , by death or resigna ...
... holds such office . By s . 2 , if during a general election more secretaries and under secre- taries are elected than four of each class , no one of such number is qualified to sit in the house till the number , by death or resigna ...
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... hold separate courts . The barrister notifies his appointment to the clerks of the peace , or the town clerk ; and such clerks are , as soon as possible , to transmit to him abstracts of the lists of claimants and objections , that he ...
... hold separate courts . The barrister notifies his appointment to the clerks of the peace , or the town clerk ; and such clerks are , as soon as possible , to transmit to him abstracts of the lists of claimants and objections , that he ...
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Popular passages
Page 668 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 545 - 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 79 - Viet. c. 99. s. 2. enacts that, " On the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in any Court of justice, or before any person having by law, or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence, the parties thereto, and the persons in whose behalf any such suit, action, or other proceeding...
Page 83 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 505 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall unlawfully take, or cause to be taken, any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 462 - ... at the time of making the settlement able to pay all his debts without the aid of the property comprised in the settlement, and that the interest of the settlor in such property had passed to the trustee of such settlement on the execution thereof.
Page 501 - Can a medical man conversant with the disease of insanity, who never saw the prisoner previously to the trial, but who was present during the whole trial and the examination of all the witnesses, be asked his opinion as to the state of the prisoner's mind at the time of the commission of the alleged crime? or his opinion whether the prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act that he was acting contrary to law, or whether he was labouring under any and what delusion at the time?
Page 17 - ... offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person to serve hi parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election.
Page 49 - Either party may call upon the other party to admit any document, saving all just exceptions; and in case of refusal or neglect to admit...