Cambridge Legal Essays: Written in Honour of and Presented to Doctor Bond, Professor Buckland, and Professor KennySir Percy Henry Winfield, Arnold Duncan McNair Baron McNair |
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... fact that he had interests of his own , and great intellectual gifts to devote to them , might have been for a smaller man an excuse , if not a justification , for taking more lightly his administrative duties . Most men would have ...
... fact that he had interests of his own , and great intellectual gifts to devote to them , might have been for a smaller man an excuse , if not a justification , for taking more lightly his administrative duties . Most men would have ...
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... fact that it has passed through eleven editions in 23 years is striking enough ; but it is far short of an adequate appreciation . Until its appearance , the student might well have thought that the art of putting criminal law in a ...
... fact that it has passed through eleven editions in 23 years is striking enough ; but it is far short of an adequate appreciation . Until its appearance , the student might well have thought that the art of putting criminal law in a ...
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... facts that there has been for some time general dissatisfaction with our present system of landowning , and the present complexity and con- sequent cost of conveyancing , and that owing to increased taxation and the pressure of other ...
... facts that there has been for some time general dissatisfaction with our present system of landowning , and the present complexity and con- sequent cost of conveyancing , and that owing to increased taxation and the pressure of other ...
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... facts , and much less time and trouble and consequent cost will be required to investigate them . As regards settled land , the matter is more com- plicated . But even here there will be considerable simplification . Hitherto the ...
... facts , and much less time and trouble and consequent cost will be required to investigate them . As regards settled land , the matter is more com- plicated . But even here there will be considerable simplification . Hitherto the ...
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... fact of the subsequent marriage of the testator ; if it is expressed to be made in contemplation of marriage it will remain valid , notwithstanding the marriage . Power is given to the Lord Chancellor to publish forms ( official clauses ) ...
... fact of the subsequent marriage of the testator ; if it is expressed to be made in contemplation of marriage it will remain valid , notwithstanding the marriage . Power is given to the Lord Chancellor to publish forms ( official clauses ) ...
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Page 216 - If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
Page 235 - So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it ; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
Page 48 - ... (b) Any act, deed, will, contract, obligation, or liability affecting land or hereditaments situate within the jurisdiction, is sought to be construed, rectified, set aside, or enforced in the action; or (c) Any relief is sought against any person domiciled or ordinarily resident within the jurisdiction...
Page 118 - There is no absolute or intrinsic negligence, it is always relative to some circumstances of time, place, or person.
Page 174 - For I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a license in making war of which even barbarous nations would have been ashamed, recourse being had to arms for slight reasons or no reason; and, when arms were once taken up, all reverence for divine and human law was thrown away, just as if men were thenceforth authorized to commit all crimes without restraint.
Page 134 - All that can be said with any degree of certainty is that the...
Page 298 - I mean those cases where a person within whose special province it lay to know a particular fact, has given an erroneous answer to an inquiry made with regard to it by a person desirous of ascertaining the fact for the purpose of determining his course accordingly, and has been held bound to make good the assurance he has given.
Page 82 - I did not know a great deal that she has not the least notion of yet. How long ago it is, aunt, since we used to repeat the chronological order of the kings of England, with the dates of their accession, and most of the principal events of their reigns ! " "Yes," added the other; "and of the Roman emperors as low as Severus; besides a great deal of the heathen mythology, and all the metals, semi-metals, planets, and distinguished philosophers.
Page 263 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Page 204 - If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.