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Page 74
... taken or seized " on the high seas , videlicet , in Cheapside " . But it cannot be seriously contended that the judge and jury who try the cause fancy the ship is sailing in Cheapside : no , the plain sense of it is , that , as an ...
... taken or seized " on the high seas , videlicet , in Cheapside " . But it cannot be seriously contended that the judge and jury who try the cause fancy the ship is sailing in Cheapside : no , the plain sense of it is , that , as an ...
Page 165
... taken , the lessee of the plaintiff can't take , for the contingency has never happened ; the posthumous child has not been born . One of the oldest cases in the world is this : where a testator has taken for granted a con- tingency ...
... taken , the lessee of the plaintiff can't take , for the contingency has never happened ; the posthumous child has not been born . One of the oldest cases in the world is this : where a testator has taken for granted a con- tingency ...
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... taken notice of it ; every man who has sent a letter since has taken notice of it .... The mail has been robbed a hundred times since and no action whatever has been brought . What have merchants done since and continue to do at this ...
... taken notice of it ; every man who has sent a letter since has taken notice of it .... The mail has been robbed a hundred times since and no action whatever has been brought . What have merchants done since and continue to do at this ...
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accepted action for money admitted agreement alleged allowed argued argument assigned Assumpsit authority Baron bill of exchange Blackstone brought Burrow Chancery Chief Justice cited common law conscience consideration contract conveyancers Coulson counsel court of equity court of law Cowper debt decision declaration deed defendant determined devise doctrine doubt Douglas evidence fact favour feudal ground heirs Holliday House of Lords Indebitatus Assumpsit indorsed indulge intention issue judge judgment judicial jurisprudence jury Justice Buller Justice Wilmot King's Bench language lawyers litigation Lord Hardwicke Lord Holt Lord Mansfield ment mercantile merchants Murray negotiable instruments objection offered opinion paid parties plaintiff sued plea pleading practice precedent principle promise to pay promissory note Quasi-Contract question ratio decidendi Raym reason received recover Reports rule in Shelley's rule of law ship sought Statute technical term testator tion trespass trial Trover trust verdict words writ