Reports of Cases Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery: Before Sir William Page Wood, Knt., Vice-Chancellor, Volume 2W. Maxwell, 1856 |
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... give a life interest to the father in his late wife's property - an interest which , in many cases , the father takes by his mar- riage settlement ; at the same time it deprived the daugh- ter , down to the year 1848 , when she came ...
... give a life interest to the father in his late wife's property - an interest which , in many cases , the father takes by his mar- riage settlement ; at the same time it deprived the daugh- ter , down to the year 1848 , when she came ...
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... gives notice that he intends to use at the hearing an affidavit made by him , he is both a party and a witness . If he ... give a some- what liberal interpretation to the Act ; but this is a statute which ought to be construed liberally ...
... gives notice that he intends to use at the hearing an affidavit made by him , he is both a party and a witness . If he ... give a some- what liberal interpretation to the Act ; but this is a statute which ought to be construed liberally ...
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... give them the offer in rotation would be by offering the premises to other persons than the Plaintiffs , upon dif- ferent terms , for instance , excluding the 500l . premium . That is a preposterous suggestion , and is not consistent ...
... give them the offer in rotation would be by offering the premises to other persons than the Plaintiffs , upon dif- ferent terms , for instance , excluding the 500l . premium . That is a preposterous suggestion , and is not consistent ...
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... give the least credit to his testi- mony on the subject . I mean , that I do not find his evi- dence necessary . There is the written document , which he has signed , mentioning the course of rotation he was about to pursue in making ...
... give the least credit to his testi- mony on the subject . I mean , that I do not find his evi- dence necessary . There is the written document , which he has signed , mentioning the course of rotation he was about to pursue in making ...
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... give more weight to Shedlock's evidence than to his . I come to the conclusion that the Defendant has shewn considerable want of memory and inaccuracy ; but to say that , because he has set up that case and failed , he is to suffer for ...
... give more weight to Shedlock's evidence than to his . I come to the conclusion that the Defendant has shewn considerable want of memory and inaccuracy ; but to say that , because he has set up that case and failed , he is to suffer for ...
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Page 753 - No action or proceeding shall be open to objection, on the ground that a merely declaratory judgment or order is sought thereby, and the Court may make binding declarations of right whether any consequential relief is or could be claimed, or not.
Page 707 - ... and the survivor of them, and the executors and administrators of such survivor...
Page 564 - ... mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
Page 343 - December, 1833, no action or suit or other proceeding shall be brought, to recover any sum of money secured by any mortgage, judgment or lien, or otherwise charged upon or payable out of any land or rent, at law or in equity...
Page 674 - Bequest shall not lapse, but shall take effect as if the Death of such Person had happened immediately after the Death of the Testator, unless a contrary Intention shall appear by the Will.
Page 345 - ... unless in the meantime some part of the principal money, or some interest thereon, shall have been paid, or some acknowledgment of the right thereto shall have been given in writing, signed by the person by whom the same shall be payable, or his agent, to the person entitled thereto, or his agent...
Page 578 - London, the town council of any borough for the time being subject to the act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled " An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales...
Page 217 - ... dwelling-houses, or other real or leasehold estate to be secured by way of mortgage to such society until the amount or value of his or her shares shall have been fully repaid to such society with the interest thereon, and all fines or other payments incurred in respect thereof...
Page 413 - Hawkins, spinster), and her assigns, for life, with remainder to trustees to preserve contingent remainders, with remainder to the use of her first son in tail general, with remainders over. John Heywood Hawkins was still a bachelor. Jacobs...
Page 580 - ... or over which such person shall at the time of entering up such judgment or at any time afterwards, have any disposing power which he might without the assent of any other person exercise for his own benefit...