The Laws of the Island of Antigua: Consisting of the Acts of the Leeward Islands, Commencing 8th November 1690, Ending 21st April 1798; and the Acts of Antigua, Commencing 10th April 1668, Ending 7th May 1804, Volume 1Samuel Bagster, 1805 - Law |
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... Office , shall take the usual Oaths required by Act of Parliament to be taken by Persons in Public Offices and Places of Trust , and also the Oath following in these Words : To consist of and four other Justices ap- pointed by Captain ...
... Office , shall take the usual Oaths required by Act of Parliament to be taken by Persons in Public Offices and Places of Trust , and also the Oath following in these Words : To consist of and four other Justices ap- pointed by Captain ...
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... Office of this Island ; and shall be first used as the Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas , upon the twentieth ... Offices or Places of Trust , and also the following Oath : You shall swear , that well and truly you will serve the ...
... Office of this Island ; and shall be first used as the Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas , upon the twentieth ... Offices or Places of Trust , and also the following Oath : You shall swear , that well and truly you will serve the ...
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... Office , before any Person shall be deemed qualified as afore- said . And if any Person or Persons , not duly ... Office of the said Island of Antigua , a Writ of Summons , in the Form Secretary's following , videlicet , to commence ...
... Office , before any Person shall be deemed qualified as afore- said . And if any Person or Persons , not duly ... Office of the said Island of Antigua , a Writ of Summons , in the Form Secretary's following , videlicet , to commence ...
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... Office of this Island , or is or are possessed of any Plantation in this Island , then such Service may be , either upon the said Attorney , or upon the Ma- nager or Overseer of such Plantation , in Person , or by leaving the said Writ ...
... Office of this Island , or is or are possessed of any Plantation in this Island , then such Service may be , either upon the said Attorney , or upon the Ma- nager or Overseer of such Plantation , in Person , or by leaving the said Writ ...
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... Office . 31st GEO . III . No. 475 . in A. D. 1791 . XII . And for the better Prevention of litigious Suits , and for the of Absentee , securing of Costs where any Plaintiff or Plaintiffs is or are absent nless there from this Island ...
... Office . 31st GEO . III . No. 475 . in A. D. 1791 . XII . And for the better Prevention of litigious Suits , and for the of Absentee , securing of Costs where any Plaintiff or Plaintiffs is or are absent nless there from this Island ...
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31st GEO 33d GEO Act to alter Action Adjutant amend an Act appointed Articles of War Authority afore Authority aforesaid Bail Captain-General Chattels Clause Command Commander-in-Chief Commanding-officer Common Pleas Constable Corps Costs Council and Assembly Court Martial Court of Common Debt Debtor Default Defendant or Defendants directed Duties on Rum Duty enacted and ordained Execution Fees forfeit further enacted Grand Sessions hereby enacted herein-before intituled Islands in America issue Judgment Jury Justice Lands lawful Deputy Leew Leeward Caribbee Islands Leeward Islands levied License Lord one thousand Majesty's Leeward Caribbee Martial Law Matross ment Militia Notice Number Oath Offence Owner paid Parish Party Payment Penalty Person or Persons Plaintiff or Plaintiffs Pounds Private-man Provost Marshal Public Punishment revive Saint John Scire facias Shillings Slaves sold Summons Taxes Tenements thereof thousand eight hundred thousand seven hundred tion Treasurer Vessel Warrant Waywardens whereas WILLIAM MATHEWS Witness Writ Writ of Execution
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Page 181 - Neither will you, upon any account, at any time whatsoever, disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God.
Page 122 - Queen's most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by authority of the same...
Page 21 - Court where the action shall be brought, to the use of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or his or their executors or administrators, such damages so to be assessed by reason of all or any of the breaches of such covenants, together with the costs of suit, a stay of execution of the said judgment shall be entered upon record ; or if by reason of any execution executed the plaintiff or...
Page 168 - All officers, of what condition soever, have power to part and quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders, though the persons concerned should belong to another regiment, troop, or company ; and either to order officers into arrest...
Page 122 - ... or had power or authority to dispose of or charge the same by their wills or testaments, have, to the defrauding of such their creditors, by their last wills or testaments, devisedthe same or disposed thereof in such manner as such creditors have lost their said debts...
Page 123 - Westminster, to make and deliver Execution unto the Party in that Behalf suing of all such Lands, Tenements...
Page ii - Assembly intituled An Act to alter and amend an act intituled An Act to...
Page 173 - Any person belonging to the armies of the United States who makes known the watchword to any person not entitled to receive it, according to the rules and discipline of war, or presumes to give a parole or watchword different from that which he received, shall suffer death, or snch other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
Page 304 - State, and each and every of them who shall at any time hereafter be found in any part of this State, shall be and are hereby adjudged and declared guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy.
Page 33 - If any person making such solemn affirmation or declaration shall wilfully, falsely, and " corruptly affirm or declare any matter or thing, which, if the same had been sworn in the " usual form, would have amounted to wilful and corrupt perjury...