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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... given to the world as a text - book . The policeman and the hangman rather obscure one's view in the Austin- ian system . Professor Kenny got these function- aries properly focussed in a picture of the law without eliminating them ...
... given to the world as a text - book . The policeman and the hangman rather obscure one's view in the Austin- ian system . Professor Kenny got these function- aries properly focussed in a picture of the law without eliminating them ...
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... given is that of the late Professor Maitland , viz . that it is " supplementary law . " The influence of Equity upon the Common Law has been very great , and in no department has its influence been felt more than in the law of Real ...
... given is that of the late Professor Maitland , viz . that it is " supplementary law . " The influence of Equity upon the Common Law has been very great , and in no department has its influence been felt more than in the law of Real ...
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... given in the Law of Property Act , 1925 ( Third Schedule , Form No. 2 ) . A deed of transfer will operate to assign not only the mortgage debt and interest and all securities for the same , but also all the mortgagee's interest in the ...
... given in the Law of Property Act , 1925 ( Third Schedule , Form No. 2 ) . A deed of transfer will operate to assign not only the mortgage debt and interest and all securities for the same , but also all the mortgagee's interest in the ...
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... given to the Lord Chancellor to publish forms ( official clauses ) to which a testator may refer in his will , and if he does so , they will be deemed to be incorporated therein , but otherwise they will not be incorporated . A bastard ...
... given to the Lord Chancellor to publish forms ( official clauses ) to which a testator may refer in his will , and if he does so , they will be deemed to be incorporated therein , but otherwise they will not be incorporated . A bastard ...
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... given to trustees are extended ; ( 5 ) the Court is authorised to confer special powers on trustees in special cases ; ( 6 ) public rights over commons are extended and the right of enclosure is restricted ; ( 7 ) the holding of ...
... given to trustees are extended ; ( 5 ) the Court is authorised to confer special powers on trustees in special cases ; ( 6 ) public rights over commons are extended and the right of enclosure is restricted ; ( 7 ) the holding of ...
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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.