A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: Containing All Statutes and the Substance of All Resolutions of a General and Public Nature, and Now in Force, which Have Been Passed in this State, Previous to the Session of the General Assembly of December, 1820 ...Grantland & Orme, 1822 - 669 pages |
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... witness , party , or otherwise , in any cause , civil or crimi- perjury . nal , and shall make and distinctly repeat a solemn and consci- entious declaration and affirmation , according to the form of his profession , in any matter ...
... witness , party , or otherwise , in any cause , civil or crimi- perjury . nal , and shall make and distinctly repeat a solemn and consci- entious declaration and affirmation , according to the form of his profession , in any matter ...
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... witness resides out of this state , or out of the county in which any attachment may be pending , and in which his testimony may be required , it shall be lawful for the plaintiff , on filing interrogatories in the office of the clerk ...
... witness resides out of this state , or out of the county in which any attachment may be pending , and in which his testimony may be required , it shall be lawful for the plaintiff , on filing interrogatories in the office of the clerk ...
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... witnesses to be produced , and de- pose before such justice of the peace , that the property of such horse , mare , gelding , colt , or filly so claimed was the property of the party by and from whom such claim is made , and was stolen ...
... witnesses to be produced , and de- pose before such justice of the peace , that the property of such horse , mare , gelding , colt , or filly so claimed was the property of the party by and from whom such claim is made , and was stolen ...
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... witnesses , or by the acknowledgment of knowledged the wife of her consent to such a sale of lands and tenements , before by the wife , any of the then justices or magistrates , shall in such cases be valid in law , and good and ...
... witnesses , or by the acknowledgment of knowledged the wife of her consent to such a sale of lands and tenements , before by the wife , any of the then justices or magistrates , shall in such cases be valid in law , and good and ...
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... witness whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and seal . " * And the said judge or justice shall , and is hereby required to endorse upon the deed the acknowledgment of the same feme - couvert , made before Justice's fee . him , and to ...
... witness whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and seal . " * And the said judge or justice shall , and is hereby required to endorse upon the deed the acknowledgment of the same feme - couvert , made before Justice's fee . him , and to ...
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Page 147 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 556 - Lord one thousand six hundred seventy and seven, all leases, estates, interests of freehold, or terms of years, or any uncertain interest of , in, to or out of any messuages, manors, lands, tenements or hereditaments, made or created by livery and seisin only, or by parol, and not put in writing, and signed by the parties so making or creating the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only...
Page 557 - Kent, or the custom of any borough, or any other particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Page 523 - Army shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become or shall become members of the Confederation or federal Alliance of the said States...
Page 147 - Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 557 - ... no devise in writing of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable, otherwise than by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating the same by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent...
Page 182 - Westminsler, by action of debt or on the case, or by bill, plaint, suit, or information, wherein no essoign, protection, wager of law, or more than one imparlance shall be allowed...
Page 556 - ... hereditaments, shall at any time after the said four and twentieth day of June be assigned, granted or surrendered, unless it be by deed or note in writing, signed by the party so assigning, granting or surrendering the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, or by act and operation of law.
Page 544 - If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument, of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power...