A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union: With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1883 |
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... includes the interested judge ; 6 Q. B. 753. The objec- tion may be raised for the first time in the appellate court ; 6 Cush . 332 ; 3 H. L. C. 387 . A judge is not competent as a witness in a cause trying before him , for this among other ...
... includes the interested judge ; 6 Q. B. 753. The objec- tion may be raised for the first time in the appellate court ; 6 Cush . 332 ; 3 H. L. C. 387 . A judge is not competent as a witness in a cause trying before him , for this among other ...
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... other states . JUSTICES IN EYRE . Certain judges established , if not first ... any sum , and all personal actions above forty shil- lings . 1 Burn , Just ... second man in the kingdom , and by virtue of his office guardian of the realm ...
... other states . JUSTICES IN EYRE . Certain judges established , if not first ... any sum , and all personal actions above forty shil- lings . 1 Burn , Just ... second man in the kingdom , and by virtue of his office guardian of the realm ...
Halaman 37
... not neces- any of them on the address of two - thirds of sary , though this ... other , or a third person em- cases , but in some circuits the common law ju ... classes . 1. His children , and their descendants . 2. His father ...
... not neces- any of them on the address of two - thirds of sary , though this ... other , or a third person em- cases , but in some circuits the common law ju ... classes . 1. His children , and their descendants . 2. His father ...
Halaman 43
... any other tion . But he has no such right unless he distinct cause : as ... not tenant ; and the other party cannot without his consent convert him into ... first giving notice of his inten- landlord shall not himself disturb or ...
... any other tion . But he has no such right unless he distinct cause : as ... not tenant ; and the other party cannot without his consent convert him into ... first giving notice of his inten- landlord shall not himself disturb or ...
Halaman 60
... not be allow- An absolute legacy is one given without condition , to vest immediately ; 1 Vern , Ch . distinguished from all others of the same LEGACY kind ; 3 Beav . 349 ; 20 Me. 4. 4. 29 . Comyns , Dig . Chancery ( I 4 ) . able . The ...
... not be allow- An absolute legacy is one given without condition , to vest immediately ; 1 Vern , Ch . distinguished from all others of the same LEGACY kind ; 3 Beav . 349 ; 20 Me. 4. 4. 29 . Comyns , Dig . Chancery ( I 4 ) . able . The ...
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Halaman 262 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers and no others: First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient but indispensable.
Halaman 147 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Halaman 16 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits, these two deductions seem to follow as generally true: first, that the judgment of a court of concurrent jurisdiction, directly upon the point, is as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive, between the same parties, upon the same matter, directly in question in another court...
Halaman 146 - If his delusion was that the deceased had inflicted a serious injury to his character and fortune, and he killed him in revenge for such supposed injury, he would be liable to punishment.
Halaman 264 - State, our law regarding that there were cases that did not fall within this definition that might be murder in the first degree, passed an Act of Assembly, which reads in part as follows : "All murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, s'hall be deemed murder of the first degree, and...
Halaman 274 - 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.
Halaman 381 - Whenever, through inadvertence, accident, or mistake, and without any fraudulent or deceptive intention, a patentee has claimed more than that of which he was the original or first inventor or discoverer...
Halaman 294 - Lieutenant-Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease. But when the Governor shall, with the consent of the Legislature, be out of the State in time of war...
Halaman 331 - The probate court shall have jurisdiction in probate and testamentary matters, the appointment of administrators and guardians, the settlement of the accounts of executors, administrators, and guardians, and such jurisdiction in habeas corpus, the issuing of marriage licenses, and for the sale of land by executors, administrators, and guardians, and such other jurisdiction, in any county or counties, as may be provided by law.
Halaman 279 - Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.