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... months make an actual commencement , and in a few years present to Parliament a complete code worthy of the country , simplifying and improving our laws , on principles fit to be adopted in an enlightened age , and founded on the solid ...
... months make an actual commencement , and in a few years present to Parliament a complete code worthy of the country , simplifying and improving our laws , on principles fit to be adopted in an enlightened age , and founded on the solid ...
Page 83
... months , as I learn from Lloyds , may be taken at six guineas per cent . even for the Continental trade , and nine guineas per cent . for the Baltic trade . The self- insured , or the partially - insured vessels of large and respect ...
... months , as I learn from Lloyds , may be taken at six guineas per cent . even for the Continental trade , and nine guineas per cent . for the Baltic trade . The self- insured , or the partially - insured vessels of large and respect ...
Page 110
... month throughout the year ; but that no such application should be made , except upon the certificate of the judge who shall have presided at the trial , that the case is one for such an application . " That if an application for a new ...
... month throughout the year ; but that no such application should be made , except upon the certificate of the judge who shall have presided at the trial , that the case is one for such an application . " That if an application for a new ...
Page 118
... months after adjudication , by three - fifths in number or value , or nine - tenths in number only . This certificate required the allowance of the Chancellor , and any creditor might be heard in opposition to allowance . By this ...
... months after adjudication , by three - fifths in number or value , or nine - tenths in number only . This certificate required the allowance of the Chancellor , and any creditor might be heard in opposition to allowance . By this ...
Page 120
... months of his bank- ruptcy , upon conviction of which the bankrupt was subject to various punishments , according to the offence , from transportation for life , or imprisonment with or without hard labour . The principles of this Act ...
... months of his bank- ruptcy , upon conviction of which the bankrupt was subject to various punishments , according to the offence , from transportation for life , or imprisonment with or without hard labour . The principles of this Act ...
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Page 162 - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say that he found Law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of Honesty and the shield of Innocence...
Page 274 - ... searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 137 - ... no witness in any proceeding, whether a party to the suit or not, shall be liable to be asked or bound to answer any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery, unless such witness shall have already given evidence in the same proceeding in disproof of his or her alleged adultery.
Page 151 - That all Actions and Proceedings which before the passing of this Act might have been brought in any of Her Majesty's Superior Courts of Record where the Plaintiff dwells more than Twenty Miles from the Defendant, or where the Cause of Action did not arise wholly or in some material Point within the Jurisdiction of the Court within which the Defendant dwells or carries on his Business at the Time of the Action brought...
Page 116 - Where divers and sundry persons craftily obtaining into their hands great substance of other men's goods, do suddenly flee to parts unknown, or keep their houses, not minding to pay or restore to any of their creditors, their debts and duties, but at their own wills and pleasures consume the substance obtained by credit of other men for their own pleasure and delicate living against all reason, equity and good conscience...
Page 498 - Law, now arrived to, and wantoning in its highest vigour : both founded upon the same unreasonable notions of permanent property in wild creatures ; and both productive of the same tyranny to the commons: but with this difference, that the Forest Laws established only one mighty hunter throughout the land, the Game Laws have raised a little Nimrod in every manor.
Page 505 - Land where he shall have been unlawfully in search or pursuit of Game, or any Person aiding or abetting such Person, and having in his Possession any Game unlawfully obtained, or any Gun, Part of Gun, or Nets, or Engines used for the killing or taking Game, and also to stop and search any Cart or other Conveyance in...
Page 27 - ... truth in courts of justice is often obstructed by incapacities created by the present law, and it is desirable that full information as to the facts in issue, both in criminal and in civil cases, should be laid before the persons who are appointed to decide upon them, and that such persons should exercise their judgment on the credit of the witnesses adduced, and on the truth of their testimony...
Page 221 - That is found wandering and not having any Home or settled Place of Abode, or proper Guardianship, or visible Means of Subsistence; That is found destitute, either being an Orphan or having a surviving Parent who is undergoing Penal Servitude or Imprisonment; That frequents the Company of reputed Thieves...
Page 144 - One Rule and Manner of Proceeding for the Recovery of Small Debts and Demands should prevail throughout England : And whereas the County Court is a Court of ancient Jurisdiction having Cognizance of all Pleas of Personal Actions to any Amount by virtue of a Writ of...