Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law: With Tables of the Cases and Principal Matters, Band 57T. & J.W. Johnson, 1869 |
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act of parliament affidavit aforesaid afterwards agreement alleged amount appears appellant arbitrator assigned assumpsit authority averment award behalf bill breach Brydekirke cause of action claim COLTMAN commencement contract costs count mentioned court covenant coverture CRESSWELL damages debt deed default defendant defendant's delivered demurrer detinue devise duly entered entitled evidence fact freight given ground heir held Hilary term intended issue Johann Hoffmann John Blomfield John Clavell John Watson Joseph Labitzky judgment jury Langham learned judge lease lessor liable Lord Lord DENMAN Mary matter MAULE ment nonsuit notice objection occupied opinion owner paid party payment person place of abode plaintiff plea pleaded possession premises question reason recover rent replication resided resp respect revising barrister seisin Serjt sold stamp statute sufficient Templer tenant term testator thereof Thomas Pike tion trespass trial verdict Vict WILDE William writ
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Seite 269 - Viet. c. 109, s. 18, which enacts " that all contracts or agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by *273] way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and *void ; and that no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity, for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing, alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made...
Seite 305 - ... no tradesman, artificer, workman, labourer, or other person whatsoever shall do or exercise any worldly labour, business or work of their ordinary callings, upon the Lord's Day, or any part thereof (works of necessity and charity only excepted...
Seite 713 - Signed sealed published and declared by the above named John Anderson to be his last will and testament in the presence of us...
Seite 277 - It is a cardinal rule of statutory construction that significance and effect shall, if possible, be accorded to every word. As early as in Bacon's Abridgment, sect. 2, it was said that 'a statute ought, upon the whole, to be so construed that, if it can be prevented, no clause, sentence, or word shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant.
Seite 379 - SECTION 21. And be it further enacted, That, in order to avoid misconstruction, it is hereby declared to be the true intent and meaning of this act, so far as the question of slavery is concerned, to carry into practical operation the following propositions and principles, established by the compromise measures of 1850, to wit:
Seite 711 - Baron, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court of King's Bench on the following case: That the lessor of the plaintiff was seised in fee of the premises in question.
Seite 249 - ... to move to enter a nonsuit, if the court should be of opinion that the indorsement of the promissory note in pencil was not a good and valid indorsement.
Seite 831 - ... for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made : provided always, that this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription or contribution, or agreement to subscribe or contribute, for or toward any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to the winner or winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise.
Seite 631 - In actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall operate as a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant, and not of the facts stated in the inducement...
Seite 133 - ... with interest thereon at the rate of 51. per cent, per annum. And...