A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections, Volume 6T. Davis, 1846 |
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Page 456 - None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
Page 373 - ... all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty...
Page 401 - ... or to deprive any party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise shall be made or contained by or in some writing to be signed by the party chargeable thereby...
Page 355 - Malice in common acceptation means ill-will against a person, but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act, done intentionally, without just cause or excuse.
Page 405 - 'that if any person or persons shall, on purpose and of malice aforethought, by laying in wait, unlawfully cut out or disable the tongue, put out an...
Page 253 - ... before the younger of such sons, and the heirs of his body, and for default of such issue, then...
Page 574 - Every man who has a share of the profits of a trade ought also to bear his share of the loss.
Page 417 - Nullus liber homo capiatur, vel imprisonetur, aut dissaisiatur, aut utlagetur, aut exuletur, aut aliquo modo destruatur, nee super eum ibimus, nee super eum mittemus, nisi per legale judicium parium suorum vel per legem terrae.
Page 401 - Act to take effect, upon any promissory note, bill of exchange, or other writing, by or on the behalf of the party to whom such payment shall be made, shall be deemed sufficient proof of such payment, so as to take the case out of the operation of cither of the said statutes.
Page 740 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...