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... LORD STOWELL , JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY Of England , AND A LORD OF TRADE AND PLANTATIONS , & c . & c . & c . MY LORD , IN soliciting your Lordship's protection to a Work on the Shipping and Navigation Laws of Great Britain ...
... LORD STOWELL , JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY Of England , AND A LORD OF TRADE AND PLANTATIONS , & c . & c . & c . MY LORD , IN soliciting your Lordship's protection to a Work on the Shipping and Navigation Laws of Great Britain ...
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... Lord , and the principles upon which they proceeded , so united the equity of the Civil Courts with the necessary exactness and precision of the Common Law , that when any of your decrees , as sometimes happened , were inci- dentally ...
... Lord , and the principles upon which they proceeded , so united the equity of the Civil Courts with the necessary exactness and precision of the Common Law , that when any of your decrees , as sometimes happened , were inci- dentally ...
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... Lord , have done for your own country , what the writings of Grotius , Vinnius , and Mon- tesquieu , have done for France , Holland , and Germany . And it will no longer be said , that England has not contributed her share both to the ...
... Lord , have done for your own country , what the writings of Grotius , Vinnius , and Mon- tesquieu , have done for France , Holland , and Germany . And it will no longer be said , that England has not contributed her share both to the ...
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... LORD STOWELL than his public reputation , and had seen nothing of him but in his judg- ments , I should have taken the liberty to intro- duce this Work to the profession by the aid of his distinguished name . It is no small pride to me ...
... LORD STOWELL than his public reputation , and had seen nothing of him but in his judg- ments , I should have taken the liberty to intro- duce this Work to the profession by the aid of his distinguished name . It is no small pride to me ...
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... Lord Ellenborough in this case observed " That a reasonable time was capable of being ascertained by evidence ; and , when ascertained , is as fixed and certain as if fixed by act of parliament . In this case , all that was required to ...
... Lord Ellenborough in this case observed " That a reasonable time was capable of being ascertained by evidence ; and , when ascertained , is as fixed and certain as if fixed by act of parliament . In this case , all that was required to ...
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Page 360 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 580 - That if any person or persons shall be sued or prosecuted for any thing done or to be done, in pursuance of this act, such person or persons may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence; and if the plaintiff...
Page 612 - And, lastly, it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents, that in case the said...
Page 118 - ... length thereof, from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof, at the broadest part above the main wales...
Page 416 - ... when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Page 565 - Master" shall include any person having the charge or command of a ship. Repeal of Acts, and Saving Clauses. 31. From and after the commencement of this Act, an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third...
Page 552 - Portugal, or any of them, and whereof the master and three-fourths of the mariners, at least, are subjects of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, shall be considered as Portugueze vessels.
Page 562 - ... recovered, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster or Dublin, or in the Court of Exchequer...
Page 590 - Provided always, That nothing in this Act shall extend or be .construed to extend to...
Page 611 - ... obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.