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... referred to the relation of lord and villain ; such a right does not flow from the contract of hiring and service as now understood ; usage is wholly against the existence of so dangerous a power ; and there are dicta — in Winstone v ...
... referred to the relation of lord and villain ; such a right does not flow from the contract of hiring and service as now understood ; usage is wholly against the existence of so dangerous a power ; and there are dicta — in Winstone v ...
Page 46
... referred to , upon which only can the defendants be liable for the acts of persons who are not their servants , seems to us to be untenable . We are , therefore , of opinion , that the defendants were not liable in this case , and the ...
... referred to , upon which only can the defendants be liable for the acts of persons who are not their servants , seems to us to be untenable . We are , therefore , of opinion , that the defendants were not liable in this case , and the ...
Page 76
... referred to in the articles of copartnery , he was to receive £ 100 besides his seventeenth share of the profit or loss . The House of Lords , looking to the whole of the articles , and to the conduct of the parties , decided that as ...
... referred to in the articles of copartnery , he was to receive £ 100 besides his seventeenth share of the profit or loss . The House of Lords , looking to the whole of the articles , and to the conduct of the parties , decided that as ...
Page 88
... referred to in the first section ; the section extends to contracts of hiring and service . The chief exception at Common Law to the principle , that infants ' contracts do not bind them , was in the case of con- tracts for necessaries ...
... referred to in the first section ; the section extends to contracts of hiring and service . The chief exception at Common Law to the principle , that infants ' contracts do not bind them , was in the case of con- tracts for necessaries ...
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... . Hardwicke , L. C. , referred to the Commissioners to inquire how much received to the child's use . ) ( q ) Wood , p . 22 . ( r ) Contracts , sec . 142 . and presumably the same would hold good in the courts INFANTS . 91.
... . Hardwicke , L. C. , referred to the Commissioners to inquire how much received to the child's use . ) ( q ) Wood , p . 22 . ( r ) Contracts , sec . 142 . and presumably the same would hold good in the courts INFANTS . 91.
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LAW OF MASTER & SERVANT John Sir Macdonell, 1846-1921,Edward A. Mitchell Innes No preview available - 2016 |
The Law of Master and Servant: Part I Common Law, Part II. Statute Law ... John Macdonell No preview available - 2015 |
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action aforesaid agreed agreement appointed apprentice arbitrators authority bound certificate child chimney sweeper clerk committed Common Law contract of hiring contractor conviction court of summary deemed defendant defendant's discharge dismissed district duty employer enacted engaged entitled exceeding factory or workshop gangmaster guilty held hereby hiring and service Hungerford Market husband indenture injured inspector jury justices L. J. Ch L. J. Ex labour liable Lord manager manufacture master and servant ment months negligence notice occupier offence officer paid parties payment penalty perform period of employment person or persons persons employed Petty Sessions Ireland plaintiff purpose Rail reasonable recover refused regulations relation of master repealed respect rule salary Scotland seaman Secretary ship statute Statute of Frauds summary jurisdiction thereof tion trade union United Kingdom Vict villenage wages wife workmen young persons
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Page 435 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled, " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders," inclusive of any Acts amending the same.
Page 622 - Summary Jurisdiction Acts" means as follows : As to England, the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled "An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 681 - The notice may also be served by post by a registered letter addressed to the person on whom it is to be served at his last known place of residence or place of business ; and, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when...
Page 434 - Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post ; and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed and put into the post office.
Page 681 - ... and if served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post...
Page 472 - Any exception, exemption, proviso, excuse, or qualification, whether it does or not accompany the description of the offence in this Act, may be proved by the defendant, but need not be specified or negatived in the information, and if so specified or negatived, no proof in relation to the matters so specified or negatived shall be required on the part of the informant : 4.
Page 628 - Watches or besets the house or other place where such other person resides, or works, or carries on business, or happens to be, or the approach to such house or place; or, 5.
Page 677 - In any case where the workman knew of the defect or negligence which caused his injury, and failed within a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information thereof to the employer or some person superior to himself in the service of the employer, unless he was aware that the employer or such superior already knew of the said defect or negligence.
Page 676 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has the charge or control of any signal points, locomotive engine, or train upon a railway...
Page 403 - Act, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his power enforcing the said rules as regulations for the working of the mine, to prevent such contravention or non-compliance.1 o.