Civil Code of Lower Canada: With the Amendments Effected by Imperial, Federal and Provincial Legislation and All Reported Cases from the Earliest Reports Up to 1st October 1888, Volume 1

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Page 191 - By the general law applicable to running streams, every riparian proprietor has a right to what may be called the ordinary use of the water flowing past his land ; for instance, to the reasonable use of the water for his domestic purposes and for his cattle, and this without regard to the effect which such use may have, in case of a deficiency, upon proprietors lower down the stream.
Page 437 - He is responsible not only for the damage caused by his own fault, but also for that caused by the fault of persons under his control and by things which he has under his care...
Page xxii - TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Our said Province of Canada to be hereunto affixed : WITNESS, Our Right Trusty and Well-Beloved Cousin the Right Honorable CHARLES STANLEY VISCOUNT MONCK, Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, in the County of Wexford, Governor General of British North...
Page 651 - Les juges, leurs suppléants, les magistrats remplissant le ministère public, les greffiers, huissiers, avoués,1 défenseurs officieux et notaires, ne peuvent devenir cessionnaires des procès, droits et actions litigieux qui sont de la compétence du tribunal dans le ressort duquel ils exercent leurs fonctions, à peine de nullité, et des dépens, dommages et intérêts.
Page 527 - No indorsement or memorandum of any payment upon a promissory note, bill of exchange or other writing, made by or on behalf of the party to whom such payment is made, is...
Page 514 - A copy of an entry in a banker's book shall not be received in evidence under this Act unless it be first proved that the book was at the time of the making of the entry one of the ordinary books of the bank, and...
Page 648 - ... whatsoever, not only for and on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors, but also for and on behalf of those whom they represent, whether infants, issue unborn, lunatics, idiots...
Page 54 - The other impediments recognized according to the different religious persuasions, as resulting from relationship or affinity or from other causes, remain subject to the rules hitherto followed in the different churches and religious communities. The right, likewise, of granting dispensations from such impediments appertains, as heretofore, to those who have hitherto enjoyed it.
Page 204 - When the different stories of a house belong to different proprietors, if their titles do not regulate the mode of repairing and rebuilding, it must be done as follows : All the proprietors contribute to the main walls and the roof, each in proportion to the value of the story which belongs to him ; The proprietor of each story makes the floor under him ; The proprietor of the first story makes the stairs which lead...
Page 729 - The separation renders the wife capable of suing and being sued, and of contracting alone, for all that relates to the administration of her property ; but for all acts and suits tending to alienate her immoveable property, she requires the authorization [of a judge.] •211.

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