Ruling Cases, Volume 25Robert Campbell Stevens, 1901 |
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... course of the argument , that you must look at the terms of the settlement to see what the person is entitled to , and not to the accidental circumstance that the intention of the testator has been to some extent defeated by reason of ...
... course of the argument , that you must look at the terms of the settlement to see what the person is entitled to , and not to the accidental circumstance that the intention of the testator has been to some extent defeated by reason of ...
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... course , if there is anything in the subse- quent divisions which not only defines the persons , but alters the ordinary sense of the words " an estate in possession , " it must have effect given to it . * Division 6 of sub - sect . 1 ...
... course , if there is anything in the subse- quent divisions which not only defines the persons , but alters the ordinary sense of the words " an estate in possession , " it must have effect given to it . * Division 6 of sub - sect . 1 ...
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... course from the death of the testator ; even the rule , that takes place in general legacies , postponing the payment of interest to the end of a year from the death , not attaching upon it . But there is noth- ing specific in this will ...
... course from the death of the testator ; even the rule , that takes place in general legacies , postponing the payment of interest to the end of a year from the death , not attaching upon it . But there is noth- ing specific in this will ...
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... course taken , or any redress that a party so injured can have elsewhere . And though it is not proper to prove a negative , yet I may safely take it upon me in this case , that it is impossible , upon the principles of law , that the ...
... course taken , or any redress that a party so injured can have elsewhere . And though it is not proper to prove a negative , yet I may safely take it upon me in this case , that it is impossible , upon the principles of law , that the ...
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... course of a hare - path , at such a height from the ground as to allow a hare to pass under them without injury , but to wound and kill a dog that might happen to run against one of the sharp ends . The defend- ant kept notices printed ...
... course of a hare - path , at such a height from the ground as to allow a hare to pass under them without injury , but to wound and kill a dog that might happen to run against one of the sharp ends . The defend- ant kept notices printed ...
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Page 271 - ... upon terms of paying the then value (exclusive of any allowance for past or future profits of the undertaking, or any compensation for compulsory sale, or other consideration whatsoever) of the tramway; and all lands, buildings, works, materials, and plant of the promoters suitable to and used by them for the purposes of their undertaking...
Page 454 - ... shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 202 - A man is not to sell his own goods under the pretense that they are the goods of another man; he cannot be permitted to practice such a deception, nor to use the means which contribute to that end. He cannot, therefore, be allowed to use names, marks, letters, or other indicia, by which he may induce purchasers to believe that the goods which he is selling are the manufacture of another person.
Page 675 - I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Sarah Barry for and during the term of her natural life...
Page 463 - ... and I give all the rest of my household furniture, books, linen, and china (except as hereinafter mentioned), goods, chattels, estate, and effects, of what nature or kind soever, and wheresoever the same shall be at the time of my decease, unto the said /•' and C., their executors, administrators, and assigns...
Page 396 - For water is a movable, wandering thing, and must of necessity continue common by the law of nature; so that I can only have a temporary, transient, usufructuary, property therein...
Page 247 - A word or words having no direct reference to the character or quality of the goods, and not being according to its ordinary signification a geographical name or a surname; 5.
Page 337 - Hilary term, 1823, a verdict was found for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the court upon the following case...
Page 244 - ... some persons only ; which expositions have always been founded upon the intent of the legislature, which they have collected sometimes by considering the cause and necessity of making the act, sometimes by comparing one part of the act with another, and sometimes by foreign circumstances. So that they have ever been guided by the intent of the legislature, which they have always taken according to the necessity of the matter and according to that which is consonant to reason and good discretion.
Page 660 - To the use of the said Lionel Colmore and his assigns, for and during the term of his natural life...