 Parliament. For by common law a bookseller can recover no more costs than he can prove damage, but it is impossible for him to prove the tenth, nay, perhaps the hundredth part of the damage he suffers, because a thousand counterfeit copies may be dispersed...  The Pamphleteer - Page 174edited by - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Burrow - Law reports, digests, etc - 1812 - 650 pages
...impossible for him to prove the tenth, nay per" haps the hundredth part of the damage he suffers; be" cause a thousand counterfeit copies may be dispersed " into...the kingdom, and " he not be able to prove the sale often. Besides, the " defendant is always a pauper : and so the plaintiff' must " lose his costs of... | |
 | 1828 - 746 pages
...can recover no more costs than he can prove damage; but it is impossible for him to prove the tenth, nay, perhaps the hundredth part of the damage he suffers,...many different hands all over the kingdom, and he not able to prove the sale of ten. Besides, the defendant is always a pauper, and so the plaintiff must... | |
 | Walter Arthur Copinger - Copyright - 1870 - 448 pages
...can recover no more costs than he can prove damage; but it is impossible for him to prove the tenth, nay, perhaps, the hundredth part of the damage he...thousand counterfeit copies may be dispersed into as many hands all over the kingdom, and he not be able to prove the sale of them. Besides, the defendant is... | |
 | Appleton Morgan - Contempt of court - 1875 - 840 pages
...can recover no more costs than he can prove damage ; but it is impossible for him to prove the tenth, nay, perhaps the hundredth part of the damage he suffers ; because a hundred thousand counterfeit copies may be dispersed into as many different hands, all over the kingdom,... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophers - 1888 - 486 pages
...can recover no more costs than he can prove damage : But it is impossible for him to prove the tenth, nay perhaps the hundredth part of the damage he suffers...and so the plaintiff must lose his costs of suit. Therefore the only remedy by the common law is to confine a beggar to the Rules of the King's Bench... | |
 | Thomas Edward Scrutton - Copyright - 1890 - 316 pages
...but it is impossible for him to prove the tenth or hundredth part of damage he suffers, because 1000 counterfeit copies may be dispersed into as many different hands, all over tne kingdom, and he is not able to prove the sale of 10 ; the defendant is always a pauper ; " and... | |
 | Thomas Edward Scrutton - Copyright - 1896 - 348 pages
...but it is impossible for him to prove the tenth or hundredth part of damage he suffers, because 1000 counterfeit copies may be dispersed into as many different hands, all over the kingdom, and he is not able to prove the sale of 10; the defendant is always a pauper;" and they therefore prayed "... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - Law - 1924 - 758 pages
...than he can prove damage ; but it is impossible for him to prove the tenth, nay perhaps the hundreth part of the damage he suffers ; because a thousand...copies may be dispersed into as many different hands, and he not be able to prove the sale of ten. Besides, the defendant is always a pauper ; and so the... | |
 | Walter Arthur Copinger, E. P. Skone James - Copyright - 1927 - 636 pages
...can recover no more costs than he can prove damage; but it is impossible for him to prove the tenth, nay, perhaps, the hundredth part of the damage he...thousand counterfeit copies may be dispersed into as many hands all over the kingdom, and he not be able to prove the sale of them. Besides, the defendant is... | |
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