Encyclopaedia of the laws of England: with forms and precedents by the most eminent legal authoritiesAlexander Wood Renton, Maxwell Alexander Robertson Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1907 - Great Britain |
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... Infant Life Protection . - W . F. Craies . Infants . - E . L. de Hart . [ A. Wood Renton , Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon , and J. S. Henderson . ] Inferior Courts.- I. Criminal and Quasi Criminal . - W . F. Craies . II ...
... Infant Life Protection . - W . F. Craies . Infants . - E . L. de Hart . [ A. Wood Renton , Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon , and J. S. Henderson . ] Inferior Courts.- I. Criminal and Quasi Criminal . - W . F. Craies . II ...
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... infancy ; ( 3 ) artificiality of construction , as in the case of corporations ; ( 4 ) lunacy or drunkenness ; and ( 5 ) coverture . CONTRACT ; STATUS ; INFANTS ; HUSBAND AND WIFE ; LUNACY . See In criminal law children under the age of ...
... infancy ; ( 3 ) artificiality of construction , as in the case of corporations ; ( 4 ) lunacy or drunkenness ; and ( 5 ) coverture . CONTRACT ; STATUS ; INFANTS ; HUSBAND AND WIFE ; LUNACY . See In criminal law children under the age of ...
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... Infant ) . This is apparently a case of quasi - contract and not a true contract based on consent . In Birkenhead Guardians v . Brookes , 1906 , 95 L. T. 359 ; 4 L. G. R. 988 ; 22 T. L. R. 583 , the principle was extended to a case ...
... Infant ) . This is apparently a case of quasi - contract and not a true contract based on consent . In Birkenhead Guardians v . Brookes , 1906 , 95 L. T. 359 ; 4 L. G. R. 988 ; 22 T. L. R. 583 , the principle was extended to a case ...
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... infant ( 24 & 25 Vict . c . 100 , s . 60 ) . 5. On an indictment for manslaughter of a child under sixteen by a person over sixteen who has charge over or control of it , the jury may convict of cruelty to the child ( 4 Edw . vII . c ...
... infant ( 24 & 25 Vict . c . 100 , s . 60 ) . 5. On an indictment for manslaughter of a child under sixteen by a person over sixteen who has charge over or control of it , the jury may convict of cruelty to the child ( 4 Edw . vII . c ...
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... infant has not acquired a name by baptism or reputation , it is described as " an infant , male or female , then lately born of the body of A. B. , of tender age , to wit , the age of and not named , " or whose name to the jurors is ...
... infant has not acquired a name by baptism or reputation , it is described as " an infant , male or female , then lately born of the body of A. B. , of tender age , to wit , the age of and not named , " or whose name to the jurors is ...
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Page 505 - All persons may be joined as defendants against whom the right to any relief is alleged to exist, whether jointly, severally or in the alternative; and judgment may be given against such one or more of the defendants as may be found to be liable according to their respective liabilities, without any amendment.
Page 249 - A mandamus or an injunction may be granted or a receiver appointed by an interlocutory order of the Court in all cases in which it shall appear to the Court to be just or convenient that such order should be made...
Page 406 - ... any such investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture, or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing Act had not been passed.
Page 407 - An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders," inclusive of any Acts amending the same.
Page 347 - In the absence of higher and more authoritative sanctions, the ordinances of foreign States, the opinions of eminent statesmen, and the writings of distinguished jurists, are regarded as of great consideration on questions not settled by conventional law. In cases where the principal jurists agree, the presumption will be very great in favor of the solidity of their maxims ; and no civilized nation, that does not arrogantly set all ordinary law and justice at defiance, will venture to disregard the...
Page 406 - ... any investigation, legal proceeding or 'remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment...
Page 638 - BY the 4th section of the statute of frauds," it is enacted that " no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, 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 by him lawfully authorized.
Page 249 - Court shall think fit, whether the person against whom such injunction is sought is or is not in possession under any claim of title or otherwise...
Page 713 - Where a lessor is proceeding, by action or otherwise, to enforce such a right of re-entry or forfeiture, the lessee may, in the lessor's action, if any, or in any action brought by himself, apply to the court for relief...
Page 349 - The seat of judicial authority is, indeed, locally here, in the belligerent country, according to the known law and practice of nations ; but the law itself has no locality. It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this question exactly as he would determine the same question if sitting at Stockholm...