The American Law Register, Volume 3; Volume 12D.B. Canfield & Company, 1864 - Electronic journals |
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... Deeds of Settlement , & c . , Legal Reform , Marriage , Laws regulating Forms of , in United States , Marriage and Divorce , Conflict of Laws relating to , Mental Unsoundness as affecting Testamentary Capacity , Senile Dementia , Verbal ...
... Deeds of Settlement , & c . , Legal Reform , Marriage , Laws regulating Forms of , in United States , Marriage and Divorce , Conflict of Laws relating to , Mental Unsoundness as affecting Testamentary Capacity , Senile Dementia , Verbal ...
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... deeds for the county , and also in the city registry of mortgages of personal property . The copy in this case has no certificate of registry by the city clerk , but no ques- tion is raised by counsel on this point . In 1859 , certain ...
... deeds for the county , and also in the city registry of mortgages of personal property . The copy in this case has no certificate of registry by the city clerk , but no ques- tion is raised by counsel on this point . In 1859 , certain ...
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... deed has the corporate seal attached to it , does not make it the act of the corporation if the seal was not affixed by a person duly authorized : Id . The presumption is , that the seal was rightfully affixed to a deed , or other ...
... deed has the corporate seal attached to it , does not make it the act of the corporation if the seal was not affixed by a person duly authorized : Id . The presumption is , that the seal was rightfully affixed to a deed , or other ...
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... Deed . — A bill in equity lies to set aside a deed procured by fraud , if the estate of the grantee therein is post- poned until the death of a person who is yet living : Martin vs. Graves . Equity - Bill to redeem Mortgage - Practice ...
... Deed . — A bill in equity lies to set aside a deed procured by fraud , if the estate of the grantee therein is post- poned until the death of a person who is yet living : Martin vs. Graves . Equity - Bill to redeem Mortgage - Practice ...
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... deed of land , for the purpose of inducing her to marry him , furnishes a good consideration for the deed ; and she will be entitled to hold the land against his creditors , although the marriage is prevented by his death : Smith vs ...
... deed of land , for the purpose of inducing her to marry him , furnishes a good consideration for the deed ; and she will be entitled to hold the land against his creditors , although the marriage is prevented by his death : Smith vs ...
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Page 459 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 325 - In case of a disagreement between the two houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, the Governor shall have power to adjourn...
Page 331 - Neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Page 535 - ... of its capital, after deducting the assessed value of its real estate, and all shares of stock in other corporations actually owned by such company which are taxable upon their capital...
Page 139 - AVhere a remainder shall be limited to the heirs, or iifefwhe'nto heirs of the body of a person to whom a life estate, in the same premises...
Page 334 - Whenever a statute gives a discretionary power to any person, to be exercised by him upon his own opinion of certain facts, it is a sound rule of construction, that the statute constitutes him the sole and exclusive judge of the existence of those facts.
Page 590 - It shall be lawful, for the time to come, for any one to go out of our kingdom, and return safely and securely, by land or by water, saving his allegiance to us...
Page 472 - The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crime shall have been committed...
Page 140 - By section 35 of the same article, it is, also, provided that "expectant estates are descendible, devisable and alienable in the same manner as estates in possession.
Page 32 - P. 249] , and the conclusion there arrived at seems to be correct in general, "that an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration, which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended by some positive rule of law; but can give no original cause of action, if the obligation, on which it is founded, never could have been enforced at law, though not barred by any legal maxim or statute provision.