The Statutes at Large: From Magna Charta to ... 1869 ...

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Joseph Bentham, 1767 - Law

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Page 605 - Defendants in such Action or Suit may plead the General Issue, and give this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this Act...
Page 303 - Jords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, that...
Page 292 - ... the findings of the court shall be entered in a book or books, to be kept for that purpose, and known as the "Juvenile Record," and the court may for convenience be called the "Juvenile Court.
Page 69 - Witnesses) to the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding Three Calendar Months...
Page 474 - ... action, by leave of the court where such action shall depend, at any time before issue joined, to pay into court such sum of money as he shall see fit, whereupon such proceedings or orders and judgment shall be had, made, and given in and by such court as in other actions where the defendant is allowed to pay money into court.
Page 185 - ... between the hours of eight in the morning and four in the afternoon...
Page 65 - And, for the better information, of the faid commiffioners in putting this act in execution, be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful for any...
Page 92 - ... common gaol or house of correction, there to remain without bail or mainprize for any time not exceeding six...
Page 521 - American provincial bill of credit, goldsmith's or banker's letter of credit or note for or relating to the payment of money, or other bond or warrant, draft, bill, or promissory note whatsoever for the payment of money ; or...
Page 148 - ... offence shall be committed, there to remain without bail or mainprize, for any time not exceeding one calendar month, unless such penalties and forfeitures shall be sooner paid and satisfied.

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