The Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases: Including Bankruptcy and Lunacy Cases, Before the Lord Chancellor, and the Court of Appeal in Chancery, Volume 1Council of Law Reporting, 1866 - Bankruptcy |
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Page 530 - of marriage may inquire into the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled, either for the benefit of the children of the marriage or
Page xiii - Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, intrusted by virtue of Her Majesty the Queen's sign manual with the care and commitment of the custody of the persons and estates of persons found idiot, lunatic, or of unsound mind, do with, the advice and assistance of the RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES LEWIS KNIGHT BRUCE and the RIGHT HONOURABLE
Page 587 - to an amount sufficient for payment of the debts and liabilities of the company, and the costs, charges, and expenses of the winding-up, and for the payment of such sums as may be required for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories amongst themselves, with the qualifications following,
Page 3 - become beneficially entitled to any property, or the income thereof, upon the death of any person dying after the time appointed for the commencement of this Act, either immediately or after any interval, either certainly or contingently, and either originally or by way
Page 588 - in the case of a company limited by shares, no contribution shall be required from any member exceeding the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares in respect of which he is liable as a present or past member;
Page 586 - The property of the company shall be applied in satisfaction of its liabilities, part passu, and subject thereto shall, unless it be otherwise provided by the regulations of the company, be distributed amongst the members according to their rights and interests in the company,
Page 595 - From which cases it appears that the sages of the law heretofore have construed statutes quite contrary to the letter in some appearance; and those statutes which comprehend all things in the letter, they have expounded to extend but to some things; and those which generally prohibit all people from doing such an
Page 45 - the copyright in every book which shall, after the passing of this Act, be published in the lifetime of its author, shall endure for the natural life of such author, and for the further term of seven years, commencing at the time of his death, and shall be the property of such author and his assigns.
Page 288 - than shall be determined by the valuation of two able practical surveyors, one of whom shall be nominated by the promoters of the undertaking, and the other by the other party; and if such two surveyors cannot agree in the valuation, then by such third surveyor as any two justices shall, upon application of either
Page 132 - says, that if any trader shall make, or cause to be made, any fraudulent grant or conveyance of any of his lands, tenements, goods, or chattels, he shall be deemed to have committed an act of bankruptcy. This was a very old enactment,