The Law of Magistrates and Constables in the State of South-Carolina: Comprising a Digest of the Duties and Powers of These Officers, as Established by the Statute Law, and Adjudged Cases in the Courts of this State. With an Addition of the Common Law of Crime. To which is Added, a Number of Warrants and Other Precedents, Under Their Several HeadsWalker & Burke, 1848 - 539 pages |
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... as you will answer the contrary at your peril . Given under my hand and seal , at aforesaid , the of our Lord , in the district in the year day of A. P. [ L. S. ] ALIENS . 1st . WHO IS AN ALIEN , AND 22 LAW OF MAGISTRATES .
... as you will answer the contrary at your peril . Given under my hand and seal , at aforesaid , the of our Lord , in the district in the year day of A. P. [ L. S. ] ALIENS . 1st . WHO IS AN ALIEN , AND 22 LAW OF MAGISTRATES .
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... seal thereof , a certificate of his naturalization , which naturalization entitles not only the applicant but his children , who shall be under the age of twenty- one years , and dwelling in the United States at that time , to all the ...
... seal thereof , a certificate of his naturalization , which naturalization entitles not only the applicant but his children , who shall be under the age of twenty- one years , and dwelling in the United States at that time , to all the ...
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... seal of a magistrate . The deed should set forth the presence and approbation of the father , mother , or guardian of such infant ; and if the infant have neither father , mother , or guar- dian , then the presence and approbation of ...
... seal of a magistrate . The deed should set forth the presence and approbation of the father , mother , or guardian of such infant ; and if the infant have neither father , mother , or guar- dian , then the presence and approbation of ...
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... seal the presence and appro . magistrate . bation of the party whose assent would be necessary to bind said apprentice . Act 1839 , p . 22 . 5th . Relative duties of Master and Apprentice . before corrected . service due . An apprentice ...
... seal the presence and appro . magistrate . bation of the party whose assent would be necessary to bind said apprentice . Act 1839 , p . 22 . 5th . Relative duties of Master and Apprentice . before corrected . service due . An apprentice ...
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... presents . In witness whereof , the said parties have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto . Dated the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and and in the year of the LAW OF MAGISTRATES . 31.
... presents . In witness whereof , the said parties have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto . Dated the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and and in the year of the LAW OF MAGISTRATES . 31.
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Page 41 - EF or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents ; Sealed with my seal.
Page 296 - Express malice is when one, with a sedate deliberate mind and formed design, doth kill another : which formed design is evidenced by external circumstances discovering that inward intention; as lying in wait, antecedent menaces, former grudges, and concerted schemes to do him some bodily harm.
Page 119 - Any person who shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any...
Page 443 - ... executing the same in a violent and turbulent manner, to the terror of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or unlawful".
Page 24 - ... he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
Page 432 - And, first, the party ravished may give evidence upon oath, and is in law a competent witness ; but the credibility of her testimony, and how far forth she is to be believed, must be left to the jury upon the circumstances of fact that concur in that testimony.
Page 487 - That if any person or persons, owing allegiance to the United States of America shall levy war against them, or shall adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted, on confession in open court...
Page 386 - ... shall be commenced and sued within the time and limitation hereafter expressed, and not after, (that is to say,) the said actions upon the case (other than for slander) and the said actions for account, and the said actions for trespass, debt, detinue, and replevin for goods or...
Page 473 - Action may plead the General Issue, and give the special Matter in Evidence; and if upon such Action...
Page 161 - ... whatsoever, unless the party at whose suit the said execution is sued out shall, before the removal of such goods from off the said premises by virtue of such execution...