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we do decree the said right honourable Augustus John Hervey to be admonished to desist from his boasting and asserting that he was contracted to or joined with the said honourable Elizabeth Chudleigh in matrimony as aforesaid: and we do also pronounce, decree, and declare, that the said right honourable Augustus John Hervey ought by law to be condemned in lawful expenses made or to be made in this cause on the part and behalf of the said honourable Elizabeth Chudleigh, to be paid to the said Elizabeth Chudleigh or her proctor and accordingly we do condemn him in such expenses, which we tax at and moderate to the sum of £100 of lawful money of Great Britain, besides the expense of a monition for payment on this behalf by this our definitive sentence or final decree, which we read and promulge by these presents.

"J. BETTESWORTH.

"ARTH. COLLIER. "PET. CALVERT.

"WM. WYNNE."

INDEX.

ACCEPTANCE

of an estate, estoppel by, 4

possession, estoppel by, 241, note (g)
rent, estoppel by, 4

by landlord, estoppel arising from, 261

person having no title, raises no estoppel, 239

ACCEPTOR OF BILL,

liability of, under Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, 284, 285, 296

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by bankrupt in commission of bankruptcy, effect of, 341, 342
concealment of claim from executor, effect of, 343

insurance company, by accepting notice of assignment of bonds,
effect of, 345, 346

non-payment of calls by shareholder, effect of, 346–348

partners in forfeiture of shares, effect of, 346, 348

suffering judgment, effect of, 342

surety, effect of, 349, 350

trustee in trading of bankrupt, effect of, 351-353

waiver of rights, effect of, 343

effect of, in estoppel by representation, 309

examples of estoppel by, 341–353

in forgery of signature, effect of, 350

in order that an estoppel may arise, there must be,

an agreement or licence, if rights are to be abandoned, 341

a duty to speak, or assert a right, 349, 350

knowledge of the thing acquiesced in, 350

principle of estoppel by, 344, 345

public rights cannot be waived by, 343, note (ƒ)

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ACQUITTAL

cannot be pleaded as an estoppel in a subsequent action, 113
conclusive effect of, in spiritual court, 418

foreign, effect of, in England, 161

is not, as a rule, evidence in civil cases, 112, 113
on indictment for non-repair of road, effect of, 92

ACTION

against magistrate, conclusive effect of conviction in, 22
brought in wrong character, effect of, 52

estoppel by authorising settlement of, 319

for maliciously conspiring to obtain foreign judgment in rem,
conclusiveness of foreign judgment in, 22, note (a)

signing judgment, conclusiveness of judgment in, 22

in foreign court, effect of pendency of, see Lis pendens.

in personam, meaning of, 75, 159, 160

in rem, meaning of, 75, 159, 160

of ejectment, nature of, 23

trespass formerly no bar to action in detinue or account, 31
See also Judgment and Record.

ACT OF PARLIAMENT,

conclusiveness of certificate of commissioners under, 99
effect of rehearsal or preamble in, 39, note (x)

recital in, 39

statement in schedule in, 39

if Private, does not bind strangers so as to prejudice their interests,

39

is a record, 39

no estoppel in face of, 40, 200, note (i)

persons may not defeat object of, 198-200

persons may waive provisions of, if intended for their benefit, 199

ACTS OF DIRECTORS,

ratification of, by shareholders, 210. See Directors.

ADMINISTRATION,

grant of, effect of, 76, 85-87

exclusive jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts in, 406

foreign letters of, conclusive effect of, in England, 85, note (q)
sentence of, not conclusive, in subsequent action, on collateral
matters, 413

ADMINISTRATOR,

action by A. suing as, no bar in subsequent action by A. suing as
executor, 52

estopped by verdict against his intestate, 53

ADMINISTRATRIX,

action by A. suing as, no bar to subsequent action by A. suing as
administratrix under Lord Campbell's Act, 52

ADMIRALTY,

adjudications in, 76, 82, 83

conclusive effect of sentences in, 422, note (ƒ)

condemnations of vessels in, their operation as judgments in rem,
82, 83

courts of, subject to prohibition in case of excess of jurisdiction, 102
judgments in actions on bottomry bonds in, effect of, 83, 159

cases of collision in, effect of, 83

maritime lien in, effect of, 83

on claims of salvage in, effect of, 83, 159

judgment in personam in, no bar to subsequent action in rem, 59, 83
in rem in, no bar to subsequent action in personam, 83

ADMIRALTY, FOREIGN SENTENCES OF,

are judgments in rem, 159, 183

cannot be pleaded as an estoppel on collateral matters, 186, 400
conclusive effect of, 415

in England, in actions on policies of insurance, as to the
neutrality of the vessel condemned, 183, 184

if pronounced in dominions of a co-belligerent,
188

notwithstanding the premises that led to the adjudication,
if decided on ground of vessel being enemies' property,

187

enforced in England on principles of comity, 183, note (i).

grounds for decision must be clearly stated on face of sentence
without ambiguity, 185

not conclusive as to the premises that led to the adjudication, 186
not evidence on matters of inference, 188

not recognised in England, if pronounced in dominions of neutral
power, 188

on what collateral matters they are evidence, 185, 186

presumed to have been pronounced on ground of vessel being
enemies' property, 186, 187

reason for conclusiveness of, on collateral matters, 184, 185

reasons for are examinable, if any ambiguity is apparent on face of
sentence, 187, 188

when not conclusive, 187

ADMISSIBILITY

of depositions in other actions, rule as to, 55, note (~)

ADMISSION,

by conduct explained, 3

conclusion arising from, a definition of estoppel, 2

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