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, Nide 2J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1874 |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 81
Sivu 11
... amount stolen is more and where it is less than one hundred dollars or some fixed sum . Compound larceny is larceny under circum- stances which , in view of the law , aggravate the crime . The law in relation to this branch of larceny ...
... amount stolen is more and where it is less than one hundred dollars or some fixed sum . Compound larceny is larceny under circum- stances which , in view of the law , aggravate the crime . The law in relation to this branch of larceny ...
Sivu 16
... amount of damages which the plaintiff claims . LAY DAYS . In Maritime Law . The time allowed to the master of a vessel for In the ab- loading and unloading the same . sence of any custom to the contrary , Sundays are to be computed in ...
... amount of damages which the plaintiff claims . LAY DAYS . In Maritime Law . The time allowed to the master of a vessel for In the ab- loading and unloading the same . sence of any custom to the contrary , Sundays are to be computed in ...
Sivu 19
... amount of all arrears of rent , with interest and costs . 13. A lease may also be terminated before the prescribed period if the premises are re- quired to be taken for public uses or improve- ments , or the subject - matter of demise ...
... amount of all arrears of rent , with interest and costs . 13. A lease may also be terminated before the prescribed period if the premises are re- quired to be taken for public uses or improve- ments , or the subject - matter of demise ...
Sivu 21
... amount are bequeathed to the same legatee in one and the same in- strument , there also the second bequest is considered a mere repetition , and he shall be entitled to one legacy only . 1 Brown , Ch . 30 ; 4 Ves . Ch . 75 ; 3 Mylne & K ...
... amount are bequeathed to the same legatee in one and the same in- strument , there also the second bequest is considered a mere repetition , and he shall be entitled to one legacy only . 1 Brown , Ch . 30 ; 4 Ves . Ch . 75 ; 3 Mylne & K ...
Sivu 24
... amount due not known , 1 P. Will . 299 ; where the debt was due upon a bill or note negotiable , 3 Ves . Ch . 561 ; where the legacy is made payable after the debt falls due , 3 Atk . Ch . 96 ; where the legacy appears from the will to ...
... amount due not known , 1 P. Will . 299 ; where the debt was due upon a bill or note negotiable , 3 Ves . Ch . 561 ; where the legacy is made payable after the debt falls due , 3 Atk . Ch . 96 ; where the legacy appears from the will to ...
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Sivu 98 - ... 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.
Sivu 375 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Sivu 224 - He shall annually communicate to the legislature each case of reprieve, commutation, or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon, or reprieve, with his reasons for granting the same.
Sivu 224 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Sivu 69 - Servants, all Actions of Debt grounded upon any Lending or Contract without Specialty...
Sivu 225 - ... except in pursuance of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act; and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Sivu 208 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Sivu 72 - Sark, nor any islands adjacent to any of them (being part of the dominions of his Majesty), shall be deemed to be beyond seas within the meaning of this act.
Sivu 320 - ... which he shall be chosen ; unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this state.
Sivu 183 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...