A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union: With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1883 |
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Page 74
... deed on which he founds , in an action where the deed or writing is attacked as forged . Unless this be done , a decree that the deed is false will be pronounced . Pater- son , Comp . It has the effect of pledging the party to stand the ...
... deed on which he founds , in an action where the deed or writing is attacked as forged . Unless this be done , a decree that the deed is false will be pronounced . Pater- son , Comp . It has the effect of pledging the party to stand the ...
Page 78
... deed , will , or other instrument , every recital or fact relating to the devolution of the title , which will ... deeds are universal , and conveyancing much less complicated , abstracts are much simpler than in England , and are ...
... deed , will , or other instrument , every recital or fact relating to the devolution of the title , which will ... deeds are universal , and conveyancing much less complicated , abstracts are much simpler than in England , and are ...
Page 88
... deed , in going before some competent officer or court and declaring it to be his act or deed . The acknowledgment is certified by the officer or court ; and the term acknowledgment is some times used to designate the certificate . The ...
... deed , in going before some competent officer or court and declaring it to be his act or deed . The acknowledgment is certified by the officer or court ; and the term acknowledgment is some times used to designate the certificate . The ...
Page 89
... deed or instrument in question , or that she had signed and sealed the relinquishment of dower for the purposes therein contained and set forth , without any compulsion or undue influ- ence of her husband . Rev. Stat . c . 21 ; same ...
... deed or instrument in question , or that she had signed and sealed the relinquishment of dower for the purposes therein contained and set forth , without any compulsion or undue influ- ence of her husband . Rev. Stat . c . 21 ; same ...
Page 90
... deed affecting the married woman's separate property must be acknowledged by her upon an examination separate and apart from her hus- band , before any judge of a court of record or notary public ; or , if executed out of the state ...
... deed affecting the married woman's separate property must be acknowledged by her upon an examination separate and apart from her hus- band , before any judge of a court of record or notary public ; or , if executed out of the state ...
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Page 188 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 187 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 411 - A cause of action arising out of the contract or transaction, set forth In the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action. 2. In an action on contract, any other cause of action on contract existing at the commencement of the action.
Page 189 - State of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States or either of them.
Page 440 - The jurisdiction vested in the courts of the United States, in the cases and proceedings hereinafter mentioned, shall be exclusive of the courts of the several states. First. Of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States.
Page 445 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 441 - USCA § 379), it is provided that "the writ of injunction shall not be granted by any court of the United States to stay proceedings in any court of a state, except in cases where such injunction may be authorized by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy.
Page 188 - States under their direction ; to appoint one of their number to preside ; provided, That no person be allowed to • serve in the office of President more than one year in any term of three years ; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the...
Page 188 - THE united states in congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting or that hereafter may arise between two or more states concerning boundary, jurisdiction or any other cause whatever; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following.
Page 188 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...