A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern: And Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical, and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of AbbreviationsWest Publishing Company, 1910 - 1314 sider |
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... statute contains provisions which are inconsistent with the further con- tinuance of the earlier law ; or a statute is im- , pliedly abrogated when the reason of it , or the object for which it was passed , no longer exists . ' ABSCOND ...
... statute contains provisions which are inconsistent with the further con- tinuance of the earlier law ; or a statute is im- , pliedly abrogated when the reason of it , or the object for which it was passed , no longer exists . ' ABSCOND ...
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... statutes . Lord Bacon expounds their meaning in the statute of uses : " The statute gives entry , not simpliciter , but with an ac si . " Bac . Read . Uses , Works , iv . 195 . ACADEMY . In its original meaning , an association formed ...
... statutes . Lord Bacon expounds their meaning in the statute of uses : " The statute gives entry , not simpliciter , but with an ac si . " Bac . Read . Uses , Works , iv . 195 . ACADEMY . In its original meaning , an association formed ...
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... statute by which those who have committed illegal acts which subject them to penalties are protected from the consequences of such acts . - Act of insolvency . the meaning of the national currency act , an act of insolvency is an act ...
... statute by which those who have committed illegal acts which subject them to penalties are protected from the consequences of such acts . - Act of insolvency . the meaning of the national currency act , an act of insolvency is an act ...
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... statute . Statutory actions are such as can only be based upon the particular statutes creating them . Popular actions , in English usage , are those actions which are given upon the breach of a penal statute , and which any man that ...
... statute . Statutory actions are such as can only be based upon the particular statutes creating them . Popular actions , in English usage , are those actions which are given upon the breach of a penal statute , and which any man that ...
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... STATUTE OF . In English law . A statute , otherwise called " Statutum de Mercatoribus , " made at a par- liament held at the castle of Acton Burnel in Shropshire , in the 11th year of the reign of Edward I. 2 Reeves , Eng . Law , 158 ...
... STATUTE OF . In English law . A statute , otherwise called " Statutum de Mercatoribus , " made at a par- liament held at the castle of Acton Burnel in Shropshire , in the 11th year of the reign of Edward I. 2 Reeves , Eng . Law , 158 ...
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Side 281 - A cause of action, arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action.
Side 453 - Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal, and punishes such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed.
Side 299 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Side 249 - Any benefit conferred, or agreed to be conferred, upon the promisor, by any other person, to which the promisor is not lawfully entitled, or any prejudice suffered, or agreed to be suffered, by such person, other than such as he is at the time of consent lawfully bound to suffer, as an inducement to the promisor, is a good consideration for a promise.
Side 233 - Whenever the defendant seeks affirmative relief against any party, relating to or depending upon the contract, transaction, matter, happening or accident upon which the action is brought, or affecting the property to which the action relates...
Side 388 - In a strict and legal seN.se that is properly the domicil of a person where he has his true, fixed, permanent home and principal establishment, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning (animus rercrtcndi) .u [Italics supplied.] Mr.
Side 82 - A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it is by right used with the land for its benefit, as in the case of a way, or watercourse, or of a passage for light, air, or heat from or across the land of another.
Side 221 - Commerce is a term of the largest import. It comprehends intercourse for the purposes of trade in any and all its forms, including the transportation, purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities...
Side 27 - Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property...
Side 453 - An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed.