Pacific Islands Pilot, Volume 1J.D. Potter, 1898 - Pilot guides |
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Page 22
... defendant is entitled to be confronted with the witnesses against him , and if any of them be absent from the Commonwealth , so that their attendance cannot be com- ous . pelled , or if they be dead , 22 YALE LAW JOURNAL .
... defendant is entitled to be confronted with the witnesses against him , and if any of them be absent from the Commonwealth , so that their attendance cannot be com- ous . pelled , or if they be dead , 22 YALE LAW JOURNAL .
Page 26
... defendant , who alleges title in answer to plaintiff's demand , and has legal title as mortgagee not spe- cifically alleged , loses such title and forfeits possession to the claimant . The suggestion is made of the division of the pater ...
... defendant , who alleges title in answer to plaintiff's demand , and has legal title as mortgagee not spe- cifically alleged , loses such title and forfeits possession to the claimant . The suggestion is made of the division of the pater ...
Page 40
... defendant should be upon an equality in the challenges of jurors , and that prisoners who desire to make any statements on their own behalf should do so under oath and subject to cross - examination . Mr. Reynolds ' remedy regards the ...
... defendant should be upon an equality in the challenges of jurors , and that prisoners who desire to make any statements on their own behalf should do so under oath and subject to cross - examination . Mr. Reynolds ' remedy regards the ...
Page 46
... defendant's business was affected with a public use and in essence a monopoly , and a common carrier for hire of oral and written messages , it was under an implied contract to furnish its service for a reasonable sum . Defendant's ...
... defendant's business was affected with a public use and in essence a monopoly , and a common carrier for hire of oral and written messages , it was under an implied contract to furnish its service for a reasonable sum . Defendant's ...
Page 47
... defendant's statement that such an examination is never held to be necessary after issue joined , when it appears that the examination can be had at the trial , except where fraud is alleged , or some relation of trust confers a present ...
... defendant's statement that such an examination is never held to be necessary after issue joined , when it appears that the examination can be had at the trial , except where fraud is alleged , or some relation of trust confers a present ...
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Page 156 - The President is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter...
Page 23 - To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him...
Page 36 - The movement of the progressive societies has been uniform in one respect. Through all its course it has been distinguished by the gradual dissolution of family dependency and the growth of individual obligation in its place. The Individual is steadily substituted for the Family, as the unit of which civil laws take account.
Page 106 - ... in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace...
Page 37 - Status, agreeably with the usage of the best writers, to signify these personal conditions only, and avoid applying the term to such conditions as are the immediate or remote result of agreement, we may say that the movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.
Page 82 - No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath day.
Page 106 - People, or of any Person or Persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Government in or over any Foreign Country, Colony, Province, or part of any Province or People...
Page 37 - The word Status may be usefully employed to construct a formula expressing the law of progress thus indicated, which, whatever be its value, seems to me to be sufficiently ascertained. .All the forms of Status taken notice of in the Law of Persons were derived from, and to some extent are still coloured by, the powers and privileges anciently residing in the Family.
Page 167 - And, as incident to this, is the right to labor or employ labor, make contracts in respect thereto upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties...
Page 272 - ... but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause...