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... masters , but since 1852 , transferred to the equity judges and as- sisted by extra clerks . In Scotland , where there is no establishment of particular persons for the purpose of settling disputed accounts , the business is in general ...
... masters , but since 1852 , transferred to the equity judges and as- sisted by extra clerks . In Scotland , where there is no establishment of particular persons for the purpose of settling disputed accounts , the business is in general ...
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... Master in Chancery will not be effectual in the Queen's Bench , and vice versa . Affidavits are generally used to certify the service of process , or some other procedure in a court of justice , or in support of motions , or in ...
... Master in Chancery will not be effectual in the Queen's Bench , and vice versa . Affidavits are generally used to certify the service of process , or some other procedure in a court of justice , or in support of motions , or in ...
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... master and owners are responsible if loss be occasioned , though should be by the act of God or the king's enemies . The master must not incur risk by sailing with contraband goods on board , or without the proper papers . He must use ...
... master and owners are responsible if loss be occasioned , though should be by the act of God or the king's enemies . The master must not incur risk by sailing with contraband goods on board , or without the proper papers . He must use ...
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... master to show cause why it is not enrolled ; and if the omission is owing to the master , the apprentice may sue out his indentures and be discharged . The father or other person who has covenanted for the apprentice is bound for his ...
... master to show cause why it is not enrolled ; and if the omission is owing to the master , the apprentice may sue out his indentures and be discharged . The father or other person who has covenanted for the apprentice is bound for his ...
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... master , or any steward or overseer , to a Justice of Peace . A master cannot recall any license he may have given to an apprentice to leave him ; and if the master dismiss him for negligence , he may be bound in equity to refund part ...
... master , or any steward or overseer , to a Justice of Peace . A master cannot recall any license he may have given to an apprentice to leave him ; and if the master dismiss him for negligence , he may be bound in equity to refund part ...
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Page 202 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 268 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Page 447 - ... all actions of account, and upon the case, other than such accounts as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants, all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty...
Page 348 - Car. 2. c. 3. § 4., enacts, that " 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...
Page 99 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
Page 202 - That * * * no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer...
Page 202 - ... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person thereunto...
Page 452 - ... and shall have employed or shall employ any persons to compose the same, or any volumes, parts, essays, articles or portions thereof, for publication in or as part of the same...
Page 9 - ... or cause or allow to be received, any oath, affidavit or solemn affirmation touching any matter or thing whereof such justice or other person hath not jurisdiction or cognizance by some statute in force at the time being.
Page 68 - ... committed; provided the person or persons so dealing with such bankrupt, or at •whose suit or on whose account such execution or attachment shall have issued, had not at the time of such contract, dealing, or transaction, or at the time of executing or levying such execution or attachment, notice of any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed...