The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the British Law: Defining and Interpreting the Terms Or Words of Art, and Comprising Also Copious Information on the Subjects of Trade and Government, Volume 1J. and W. T. Clarke; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1835 - Law |
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... common law it signifies particularly the making a declaration or count shorter , by severing some of the substance from it : a man is said to abridge his plaint in assize , and a woman her demand in action of dower , where any land is ...
... common law it signifies particularly the making a declaration or count shorter , by severing some of the substance from it : a man is said to abridge his plaint in assize , and a woman her demand in action of dower , where any land is ...
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... common law it signifies particularly the making a declaration or count shorter , by severing some of the substance from it : a man is said to abridge his plaint in assize , and a woman her demand in action of dower , where any land is ...
... common law it signifies particularly the making a declaration or count shorter , by severing some of the substance from it : a man is said to abridge his plaint in assize , and a woman her demand in action of dower , where any land is ...
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... common law , yet when it is taken as prize , though wrongfully taken and without a war , for the taking no action can be maintained . Nor is the jurisdiction confined to captures at sea : captures in port or on land , where the ...
... common law , yet when it is taken as prize , though wrongfully taken and without a war , for the taking no action can be maintained . Nor is the jurisdiction confined to captures at sea : captures in port or on land , where the ...
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... law . 4 Inst . 135. But the admiralty the sea , and to be performed on the sea , or when it relates to has jurisdiction where the common law can give no remedy : a subject matter over which the court has jurisdiction ; and and all ...
... law . 4 Inst . 135. But the admiralty the sea , and to be performed on the sea , or when it relates to has jurisdiction where the common law can give no remedy : a subject matter over which the court has jurisdiction ; and and all ...
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... law of nations , he loseth the privilege of an am- bassador , and is subject ... law or custom of the realm , and it is not contra jus gentium , an ambassador ... common law there was little room for amendments , which appears by the ...
... law of nations , he loseth the privilege of an am- bassador , and is subject ... law or custom of the realm , and it is not contra jus gentium , an ambassador ... common law there was little room for amendments , which appears by the ...
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abatement act of parliament action advowson ancient arbitrators arrest assigned assise assumpsit attorney award bail bailiff Bailment bankrupt Barn baron Baron and Feme bill bishop bond Burr called cause certiorari chancellor Chancery charge church clerk Comm commission commissioners committed common law condition constable copyhold coroner corporation court courts of equity creditor custom Danv debt deed defendant discharge doth drawer Eliz execution executors felony feme feme covert feoffee feoffment grant hath Hawk heir husband indictment indorsement indorsor Inst issue judges judgment jurisdiction jury justice of peace justices king king's lands lease liable lord lord chancellor manor marriage matter ment offence paid parliament party payment peace person plaintiff plea plead punishable Raym rent Roll Salk Scotch Dict seisin sheriff stat statute Stra tenant Term Rep thereof thing void warrant wife words writ
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Page 88 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 78 - That if any bankrupt, at the time he becomes bankrupt, shall, by the consent and permission of the true owner thereof, have in his possession, order, or disposition, any goods or chattels whereof he was reputed owner...
Page 6 - An annuity is a yearly payment of a certain sum of money, granted to another in fee, for life, or years, charging the person of the grantor only.
Page 71 - ... all persons using the trade of merchandise by way of bargaining, exchange, bartering, commission, consignment, or otherwise, in gross or by retail, and all persons who either for themselves or as agents or factors for others seek their living by buying and selling, or by buying and letting for hire, or by the workmanship of goods or commodities...
Page 82 - ... due on either side on the balance of such account, and no more, shall be claimed or paid on either side respectively...
Page 24 - It seems that an assault is an attempt, or offer, with force and violence, to do a corporal hurt to another; as by striking at him with, or without, a weapon; or presenting a gun at...
Page 79 - ... transferred to any of his children, or any other person, any hereditaments, offices, fees, annuities, leases, goods, or chattels, or have delivered or made over to any such person any bills, bonds, notes, or other securities, or have transferred his debts to any other person or...
Page 95 - And therefore if a woman commit theft, burglary, or other civil offences against the laws of society, by the coercion of her husband, or even in his company, (which the law construes a coercion,) she is not guilty of any crime ; being considered as acting by compulsion, and not of her own will.