The Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 10T.T. Clark, 1866 - Law |
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Page 11
... appears to us that the case of the Saturday Review will be best assimilated ; and we take an illustration of it . Sup- pose that at the recent trial of Dr Pritchard in the High Court of Justiciary , the Crown had only insisted in the ...
... appears to us that the case of the Saturday Review will be best assimilated ; and we take an illustration of it . Sup- pose that at the recent trial of Dr Pritchard in the High Court of Justiciary , the Crown had only insisted in the ...
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... appear , embracing the numerous Acts of Parliament which have since then been added to our statute book . It is sufficient to name the Bank- ruptcy ( Scotland ) Act 1856 , the Nuisance Removal Act , the Mer- cantile Law Amendment Act ...
... appear , embracing the numerous Acts of Parliament which have since then been added to our statute book . It is sufficient to name the Bank- ruptcy ( Scotland ) Act 1856 , the Nuisance Removal Act , the Mer- cantile Law Amendment Act ...
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... appears a somewhat alarming proposition . There is of course no difficulty in under- standing this in reference to other kinds of Crown property which are claimed on the same footing as the fore - shore , namely , that it is a jus ...
... appears a somewhat alarming proposition . There is of course no difficulty in under- standing this in reference to other kinds of Crown property which are claimed on the same footing as the fore - shore , namely , that it is a jus ...
Page 56
... appears to have been immediately suggested by the proceedings of the Board of Trade , in regard to the loss of the ' Duncan Dunbar , " and a resolution , preliminary to the business of the meeting , was passed to the effect that the ...
... appears to have been immediately suggested by the proceedings of the Board of Trade , in regard to the loss of the ' Duncan Dunbar , " and a resolution , preliminary to the business of the meeting , was passed to the effect that the ...
Page 62
... appears to us that it is not warranted by the evidence . On the leading question , for example , as to the expediency of maintaining capital punish- ment as a rule , as a punishment for the crime of murder , it gives forth anything but ...
... appears to us that it is not warranted by the evidence . On the leading question , for example , as to the expediency of maintaining capital punish- ment as a rule , as a punishment for the crime of murder , it gives forth anything but ...
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Page 50 - 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, or any Act amending the same".
Page 78 - That is found wandering and not having any home or settled place of abode, or proper guardianship, or visible means of subsistence.
Page 180 - Commutation Rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such Rent...
Page 71 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " 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...
Page 44 - For fixing and from time to time varying the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family...
Page 38 - With respect to such land, for the purposes of this act, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, or one of them...
Page 49 - ... performance, and amounting to a sum specified in the order, together with the costs of the proceedings, shall be paid by the authority in default ; and any order made for the payment of such expenses and costs may be removed into the Court of Queen's Bench, and be enforced in the same manner as if the same were an order of such court.
Page 41 - Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present ; and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 203 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 203 - God; but as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient. The general rule, as above stated, seems on principle just. The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his...