The Statutes at Large: 1827-1835

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order of the Governor, Council and House of Assembly, 1835 - Law

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Page 408 - ... the defendant or defendants in such action or suit to be brought 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 183 - Persons shall and they are hereby respectively authorized to bring or defend, or cause to be brought or defended, any Action, Suit, or Prosecution, Criminal as well as Civil, in Law or Equity, touching or concerning the Property, Right, or Claim...
Page 46 - And further do make, or cause to be made,' a true and "just account of his said administration at or before the
Page 236 - that where there are mutual debts between the plaintiff and defendant, or if either party sue or be sued as executor or administrator, where there are mutual debts between the testator or intestate and either party, one debt may be set against the other...
Page 341 - Pleas; and if the Jury shall find the Amends sufficient, they shall give a Verdict for the Defendant; and in such Case, or in case the Plaintiff...
Page 323 - ... name and place of abode of the person who is to bring such action, and the name and place of abode of the attorney or agent ; and no evidence of the cause of such action shall be produced, except of such as shall be contained in such notice...
Page 323 - ... shall become nonsuited, or discontinue his action, or in case judgment shall be given for such defendant upon demurrer, then such defendant shall be entitled to the like costs as he would have been entitled to in case he had pleaded the general issue only...
Page 46 - ... then this obligation to be void, and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 224 - ... shall fully explain the principle, and the several modes in which he has contemplated the application of that principle, or character by which it may be distinguished from other inventions...
Page 270 - That if any person or persons, that is or shall be entitled to such writ or writs, or that hath or shall have such right or title of entry, be or shall be at the time of the said right or title first descended, accrued, come or fallen, within the age of one and twenty years, feme covert, non compos mentis, imprisoned or beyond the seas...

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