Institutes of Common and Statute Law, Volume 1The author, 1876 |
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... recovered by the intended grantee of the land ) ; thus defeating , after an interval of nearly two hundred years , the skilfully devised , but mischievous policy , of the great Statute of Entails , 13 Edw . I , c . 1 . 1536. 27 Henry ...
... recovered by the intended grantee of the land ) ; thus defeating , after an interval of nearly two hundred years , the skilfully devised , but mischievous policy , of the great Statute of Entails , 13 Edw . I , c . 1 . 1536. 27 Henry ...
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... recover from the convulsions conse- quent upon the overthrow of the Roman empire , and set- tling by degrees into peaceable forms of government , adopted the civil law ( being the best written system then extant ) as the basis of their ...
... recover from the convulsions conse- quent upon the overthrow of the Roman empire , and set- tling by degrees into peaceable forms of government , adopted the civil law ( being the best written system then extant ) as the basis of their ...
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... recover in many ) , so do I commend perseverance to all , as to each of these means an inseparable incident . " ( 1 Co. Pref . xxvii , xxviii . ) W. C. 16. Reading systematically , Elementary Treatises upon the sev- eral Branches of the ...
... recover in many ) , so do I commend perseverance to all , as to each of these means an inseparable incident . " ( 1 Co. Pref . xxvii , xxviii . ) W. C. 16. Reading systematically , Elementary Treatises upon the sev- eral Branches of the ...
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... recovered against the King ; that he cannot be a joint - tenant ; that his debt shall be preferred to other debts , & c . These will be considered in connection with the general rules to which they are exceptions . ( 1 Bl . Com . 240 ...
... recovered against the King ; that he cannot be a joint - tenant ; that his debt shall be preferred to other debts , & c . These will be considered in connection with the general rules to which they are exceptions . ( 1 Bl . Com . 240 ...
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... recover . The fact of lunacy is as certained by a commission issued by the Chancel- lor ( to whom , by special authority from the King , the custody of idiots and lunatics is entrusted ) , and thereupon provision is made for the ...
... recover . The fact of lunacy is as certained by a commission issued by the Chancel- lor ( to whom , by special authority from the King , the custody of idiots and lunatics is entrusted ) , and thereupon provision is made for the ...
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Page 579 - A private corporation," say the court, "created by the Legislature, may lose its franchises by a misuser or a nonuser of them; and they may be resumed by the government under a judicial judgment upon a quo warranto to ascertain and enforce the forfeiture. This is the common law of the land, and is a tacit condition, annexed to the creation of every such corporation.
Page 499 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 78 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Page 579 - But that the legislature can repeal statutes creating private corporations, or confirming to them property already acquired under the faith of previous laws, and by such repeal can vest the property of such corporations exclusively in the State, or dispose of the same to such purposes as they please, without the consent or default of the corporators, we are not prepared to admit...
Page 244 - No marriage solemnized before any person professing to be a justice of the peace or a minister of the gospel, shall be deemed or adjudged to be void, nor shall the validity thereof be in any way affected, on account of any want of jurisdiction or authority in such...
Page 5 - The common law of England has fared like other venerable edifices of antiquity, which rash and unexperienced workmen have ventured to newdress and refine, with all the rage of modern improvement. Hence frequently its symmetry has been destroyed, its proportions distorted, and its majestic simplicity exchanged for specious embellishments and fantastic novelties.
Page 250 - For though in particular cases the repugnance of the law to dissolve the obligations of matrimonial co-habitation may operate with great severity upon individuals, yet it must be carefully remembered that the general happiness of the married life is secured by its indissolubility.
Page 386 - Senate, all county superintendents of public free schools. This board shall have, regulated by law, the management and investment of all school funds, and such supervision of schools of higher grades as the law shall provide.
Page 138 - It shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court admitting such alien that he has resided within the United States five years at least, and within the State or Territory where such court is at the time held, one year at least...
Page 389 - The general assembly shall set apart, as a permanent and perpetual literary fund, the present literary funds of the state, the proceeds of all public lands donated by congress for public school purposes, of all escheated property, of all waste and unappropriated lands, of all property accruing to the state by forfeiture, and all fines collected for offences committed against the state, and such other sums as the general assembly may.