Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases, Volume 3West Publishing Company, 1904 - 7839 pages |
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... amount , who is acknowledged by the bank to be a creditor to that amount , who is un- der no obligation to permit the money to re- main there , is a " depositor . " Catlin v . Sav . ings Bank , 7 Conn . 487 , 492 . DEPOSITORY ...
... amount , who is acknowledged by the bank to be a creditor to that amount , who is un- der no obligation to permit the money to re- main there , is a " depositor . " Catlin v . Sav . ings Bank , 7 Conn . 487 , 492 . DEPOSITORY ...
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... amount of money desired to be raised , and that no greater sum than the amount so des- ignated can be raised . Held , that the word " designated , " as so used , means to show , to point out , to specify , and does not mean to select or ...
... amount of money desired to be raised , and that no greater sum than the amount so des- ignated can be raised . Held , that the word " designated , " as so used , means to show , to point out , to specify , and does not mean to select or ...
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... amount of logs handled , means simply ascertained or computed . It does not imply any mutual action or agreement by the parties . Rumford Falls Boom Co. v . Rum- ford Falls Paper Co. , 51 Atl . 810 , 812 , 96 Me . 96 . Within the ...
... amount of logs handled , means simply ascertained or computed . It does not imply any mutual action or agreement by the parties . Rumford Falls Boom Co. v . Rum- ford Falls Paper Co. , 51 Atl . 810 , 812 , 96 Me . 96 . Within the ...
Page 2039
... amount which was justly due if the account had been pre- sented for any other proper county charge . Fulkerth v . Stanislaus County , 7 Pac . 754 , 755 , 67 Cal . 334 . In Greater New York Charter , § 86 , pro- viding that , if a ...
... amount which was justly due if the account had been pre- sented for any other proper county charge . Fulkerth v . Stanislaus County , 7 Pac . 754 , 755 , 67 Cal . 334 . In Greater New York Charter , § 86 , pro- viding that , if a ...
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... amounts to a deviation to be de- termined as a question of fact from the mo- tive , consequences , and circumstances of ... amount to a deviation . Post v . Phoenix Ins . Co. ( N. Y. ) 10 Johns . 79 , 83 . A digression from the course of ...
... amounts to a deviation to be de- termined as a question of fact from the mo- tive , consequences , and circumstances of ... amount to a deviation . Post v . Phoenix Ins . Co. ( N. Y. ) 10 Johns . 79 , 83 . A digression from the course of ...
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Page 2237 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Page 2019 - ... in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it appertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, construct, compound, and use the same...
Page 2352 - ... to any use or purpose not in the due and lawful execution of his trust, any property which he has in his possession, or under his control by virtue of his trust, or secretes it with a fraudulent intent to appropriate it to such use or purpose, is guilty of embezzlement.
Page 2113 - ... judge of the county court for the county in which such town is situated, to enter at the proper land office, and at the minimum price, the land so settled and occupied in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests...
Page 2229 - Amendment, not only to see that there is some process of law, but ' due process of law,' provided by the State law when a citizen is deprived of his property; and that in judging what is 'due process of law,' respect must be had to the cause and object of the taking — whether under the taxing power, the power of eminent domain, or the power of assessment for local improvements, or none of these; and if found to be suitable or admissible in the special case, it will be adjudged to be 'due process...
Page 2425 - Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is prohibited, but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within /the amendment.
Page 2438 - Such a blending of real and personal estate by the testator in his will as to clearly show that he intended to create a fund out of both real and personal estate, and to bequeath the said fund as money.
Page 2284 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 2096 - Judicial power, as contradistinguished from the power of the laws, has no existence. Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is a mere legal discretion, a discretion to be exercised in discerning the course prescribed by law ; and when that is discerned, it is the duty of the court to follow it.
Page 2007 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.