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... granted expressly under the act , and not extrajudicially , although under the threat of immediate imprisonment . - 23d February 1837 , Rae . If required in writing , and refusing to grant such conveyance , he is not entitled to aliment ...
... granted expressly under the act , and not extrajudicially , although under the threat of immediate imprisonment . - 23d February 1837 , Rae . If required in writing , and refusing to grant such conveyance , he is not entitled to aliment ...
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... granted by the mother , as apprentice fee . The apprentice died in three months . The fee was not stated in the indenture , but in a certificate at- tached to an extract , and stamped with the proper duty , after the death of the ap ...
... granted by the mother , as apprentice fee . The apprentice died in three months . The fee was not stated in the indenture , but in a certificate at- tached to an extract , and stamped with the proper duty , after the death of the ap ...
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... granted warrant to imprison " until he found caution to return to his service , and implement and fulfil his part of the indenture , and that under the penalty of L.10 . " Caution was accordingly found , and the apprentice returned ...
... granted warrant to imprison " until he found caution to return to his service , and implement and fulfil his part of the indenture , and that under the penalty of L.10 . " Caution was accordingly found , and the apprentice returned ...
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... granted , 1st , by the magistrate committing the prisoner ; or , 2d , by a judge competent to try the particular ... granting it , and fixing its amount . He ought therefore to indorse the day and hour of the presentment of the petition ...
... granted , 1st , by the magistrate committing the prisoner ; or , 2d , by a judge competent to try the particular ... granting it , and fixing its amount . He ought therefore to indorse the day and hour of the presentment of the petition ...
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... granted in favour of any creditor to the prejudice of the general body , as well as of any particular creditor ( 15th Nov. 1850 , Stoppal ) , after bankruptcy , or sixty days before it , are void ; and where infeft- ment is necessary ...
... granted in favour of any creditor to the prejudice of the general body , as well as of any particular creditor ( 15th Nov. 1850 , Stoppal ) , after bankruptcy , or sixty days before it , are void ; and where infeft- ment is necessary ...
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Page 579 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
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Page 446 - Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon ; and no plaintiff shall recover in any such action, if tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into court after such action brought, by or on behalf of the defendant...
Page 370 - ... the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party as to the court shall seem meet ; and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment.
Page 272 - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great : ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is God's : and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
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