Epitome of the Laws of Nova-Scotia, Volum 1J. Howe, 1832 |
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... often affixed by law writers to words com- monly used in other senses . Thus " common , " " use , " " limitation , " " equity , " " tenant , " " fee , " " entry , " " in- fant , " " action , " " remainder , " have a peculiar meaning ...
... often affixed by law writers to words com- monly used in other senses . Thus " common , " " use , " " limitation , " " equity , " " tenant , " " fee , " " entry , " " in- fant , " " action , " " remainder , " have a peculiar meaning ...
Side 21
... law is called the civil law , having been in use as their civil law or law of the state . The principal division of English Laws is into common law ( in a more restricted sense ) and statute law . When England in barbarian times formed ...
... law is called the civil law , having been in use as their civil law or law of the state . The principal division of English Laws is into common law ( in a more restricted sense ) and statute law . When England in barbarian times formed ...
Side 22
... law must be sought for in the ancient decided cases , forms and precedents of the common law , so called because it is supposed to consist of all the laws and customs which were in common use all over the kingdom at an early period ...
... law must be sought for in the ancient decided cases , forms and precedents of the common law , so called because it is supposed to consist of all the laws and customs which were in common use all over the kingdom at an early period ...
Side 23
... common law is the chief fountain from which we are to draw the illustration and interpretation of our repective rights and duties . Statute Law . Statutes are written laws made by parliament . The old- est extant is Magna Charta , as ...
... common law is the chief fountain from which we are to draw the illustration and interpretation of our repective rights and duties . Statute Law . Statutes are written laws made by parliament . The old- est extant is Magna Charta , as ...
Side 24
... common law and a statute differ , the statute has effect and suspends the common law , —and a new statute abrogates ( as far as they differ ) an older one . But if they can be understood consistently with each other , both are to have ...
... common law and a statute differ , the statute has effect and suspends the common law , —and a new statute abrogates ( as far as they differ ) an older one . But if they can be understood consistently with each other , both are to have ...
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Side 226 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Side 226 - That it is not an Article of my Faith, and that I do renounce, reject, and abjure the Opinion, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any other Authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their Subjects, or by any Person whatsoever...
Side 226 - Fourth, and will defend him to the utmost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatever, which shall be made against his Person, Crown, or Dignity ; and I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which may be formed against him or them...
Side 226 - Rome, or by any authority whatsoever, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or by any person whatsoever ; and I do promise, that I will not hold, maintain, or abet, any such opinion, or any other opinion, contrary to what is expressed in this declaration; and I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly,...
Side 65 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Side 226 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Side 226 - And I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this Realm.
Side 106 - The law and legislative government of every dominion equally affects all persons and all property within the limits thereof, and is the rule of decision for all questions which arise there. Whoever purchases lives or sues there, puts himself under the law of the place. An Englishman in Ireland, Minorca, the Isle of Man, or the Plantations, has no privilege distinct from the natives.
Side 226 - ... bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint and the sacrifice of the mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Side 36 - The common law of England is the common law of the plantations, and all statutes in affirmance of the common law, passed in England antecedent to the settlement of a colony, are in force in that colony, unless there is some private Act to the contrary ; though no statutes, made since those settlements, are thus in force unless the colonists are particularly mentioned.