The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 23Butterworths, 1867 - Law |
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... learned , wise , and witty ; wise enough not to disdain sometimes to play the fool . A " solemn humbug " was always his abhorrence . He laughed at one who " talked sentences , " and a conceited fool and he mutually repelled each other ...
... learned , wise , and witty ; wise enough not to disdain sometimes to play the fool . A " solemn humbug " was always his abhorrence . He laughed at one who " talked sentences , " and a conceited fool and he mutually repelled each other ...
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... learned a man had been con- use , sulted . He never halted between two views of a case , but however doubtful he declared the law to be , he directed some definite course of action . His chamber business was large ; it consisted much of ...
... learned a man had been con- use , sulted . He never halted between two views of a case , but however doubtful he declared the law to be , he directed some definite course of action . His chamber business was large ; it consisted much of ...
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... learned , accurate , full , and sug- gestive . Many of the judgments delivered by the court , after time taken for consideration , were composed by him . They are fit to be consulted alike by the practitioner and The late Mr. Justice ...
... learned , accurate , full , and sug- gestive . Many of the judgments delivered by the court , after time taken for consideration , were composed by him . They are fit to be consulted alike by the practitioner and The late Mr. Justice ...
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... learned author tells us that it is well known to all persons acquainted with the Scottish criminal practice , that a great proportion , probably more than a half , of the acquittals in their courts originate in these technical niceties ...
... learned author tells us that it is well known to all persons acquainted with the Scottish criminal practice , that a great proportion , probably more than a half , of the acquittals in their courts originate in these technical niceties ...
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... learned judge's decision consists in his luminous exposition of the fundamental principles of naval law with reference to joint or constructive captures at sea , and of the differing conditions which apply to military captures on shore ...
... learned judge's decision consists in his luminous exposition of the fundamental principles of naval law with reference to joint or constructive captures at sea , and of the differing conditions which apply to military captures on shore ...
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Page 221 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 135 - ... a counsel can maintain no action for his fees; which are given, not as locatio vel conductio, but as quiddam honorarium; not as a salary or hire, but as a mere gratuity, which a counsellor cannot demand without doing wrong to his reputation...
Page 211 - The discretion of a Judge is the law of tyrants; it is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual and depends upon constitution, temper and passion. In the best it is oftentimes caprice; in the worst it is every vice, folly and passion to which human nature is liable.
Page 38 - Names, nor for omitting to state the Time at which the Offence was committed, in any Case where Time is not of the Essence of the Offence, nor for stating the Time imperfectly, nor for stating the Offence to have been committed on a Day subsequent to the finding of the Indictment or...
Page 231 - Secondly, This indulged Law was only to extend to Members of the Army, or to those of the opposite Army, and never was so much indulged as intended to be (executed or) exercised upon others...
Page 231 - The necessity of order and discipline in an army is the only thing which can give it countenance; and therefore it ought not to be permitted in time of peace, when the king's courts are open for all persons to receive justice according to the laws of the land.
Page 313 - Provided always that the court shall not have cognizance of any action of ejectment, or in which the title to any corporeal or incorporeal hereditaments, or to any toll, fair, market, or franchise, shall be in question...
Page 284 - Ireland whereon may depend in any Degree the Allegiance of any Person to the Crown of the United Kingdom, or the Sovereignty or Dominion of the said Crown over any Part of the said Territories.
Page 30 - Society; being all to be used in evidence against both and each of you the said William Burke and Helen M'Dougal, at your trial, will, for that purpose, be in due time lodged in the hands of the clerk of the High Court...
Page 289 - I cannot see why one freeman should be used worse than another, merely upon account of his complexion.