American Law Magazine, Volume 3Rothman., 1844 |
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... appear how dangerous it is for a man to meddle with any lands , goods , or chattels conveyed or settled in trust ; and if there be any woman covert or infant within the trust , it is most dangerous of all . " Shephard's Epitome , vol ...
... appear how dangerous it is for a man to meddle with any lands , goods , or chattels conveyed or settled in trust ; and if there be any woman covert or infant within the trust , it is most dangerous of all . " Shephard's Epitome , vol ...
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... appear to have been the object of this statute to take the question of law out of the hands of the court , and transfer it to the jury ; on the contrary , the court or judge is required to give a direction to the jury in like manner as ...
... appear to have been the object of this statute to take the question of law out of the hands of the court , and transfer it to the jury ; on the contrary , the court or judge is required to give a direction to the jury in like manner as ...
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... appear on indictments for such offences , just as on a trial for a libel the intent must be shown to publish . And the doctrine that larceny or burglary might be explained away or justified by a supposed good intention , would not ...
... appear on indictments for such offences , just as on a trial for a libel the intent must be shown to publish . And the doctrine that larceny or burglary might be explained away or justified by a supposed good intention , would not ...
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... appear , that the matter charged as libellous , was published with good motives and for justifiable ends . " 1 The effect of this statute in certain cases , would seem to be , to make the question of libel , or the criminality of the ...
... appear , that the matter charged as libellous , was published with good motives and for justifiable ends . " 1 The effect of this statute in certain cases , would seem to be , to make the question of libel , or the criminality of the ...
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... appear to have been definitively settled . The supreme courts of New York and Pennsylvania have made opposite decisions upon this point.1 Contradictory opinions are given in some of the other states . Nor is the law of England ...
... appear to have been definitively settled . The supreme courts of New York and Pennsylvania have made opposite decisions upon this point.1 Contradictory opinions are given in some of the other states . Nor is the law of England ...
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Page 409 - Testament, in witness whereof I, the said Maurice Baum Senr, have to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
Page 44 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it. shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 23 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 485 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 322 - ... unless the same be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Page 43 - Malice, in common acceptation, means ill-will against a person ; but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act done intentionally without just cause or excuse.
Page 43 - ... aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 279 - The daughter was unmarried at the date of the will, and at the death of the testator.
Page 453 - Their Lordships are of opinion that, in order to constitute a sound disposing mind, a testator must not only be able to understand that he is by his will giving the whole of his property to one object of his regard, but he must also have capacity to comprehend the extent of his property, and the nature of the claims of others, whom by his will he is excluding from all participation in that property...
Page 433 - ... children, who, being sons, should attain twenty-one, or, being daughters, should attain that age or marry...