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Common terms and phrasesaccused affidavit aforesaid Amendment appear application appointed arrested authorised British possession Cantonment Magistrate cause charge committed conviction criminal custody day of 19 deceased declaration decree deemed defendant direct document duty evidence execution felony firearms Gazette granted guilty hereby High Commissioner holder Illorin instrument issue judgment debtor jurisdiction Kontagora land lawful liable to imprisonment license Lokoja Majesty Majesty's dominions ment mineral oils misdemeanour Money Order months native Nigeria as follows non-commissioned officer non-native Northern Nigeria Northern Nigeria Regiment notice oath offence Order in Council otherwise paid party payment penalty not exceeding pension person plaintiff Police postal matter pounds prison proceedings Proclamation Protectorate Province Provincial Court punishment purpose reasonable registered Registrar regulations Resident respect rules Schedule seal sentence ship stamps suit summons Supreme Court term therein thereof thereto thinks fit trial United Kingdom unless vessel warrant witness writ writ of summons Popular passagesPage 201 - ... or, by leave of the judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement. Page 710 - States, or of any state, upon application made to him by or on behalf of the person so committed, and upon proof made to him that reasonable notice of the intention to make such application has been given to the secretary of state, to order the person so committed to be discharged out of custody, unless sufficient cause is shown to such judge why such discharge ought not to be ordered. Page 201 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same. Page 401 - Provided that this section shall not apply if the person making such threats, with due diligence, commences and prosecutes an action for infringement of his patent. Page 46 - ... any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing Act had not been passed. Page 53 - I, AB, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors according to law. So help me God! Page 738 - If the action, suit, or proceeding was commenced after such tender, or is proceeded with after payment into court of any money in satisfaction of the plaintiff's claim, and the plaintiff does not recover more than the sum tendered or paid, he shall not recover any costs incurred after... Page 201 - A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing, or reduced into writing, relative to the subject-matter of the cause, without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing, his attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him... Page 223 - A defendant in an action may set off, or set up, by way of counter-claim against the claims of the plaintiff, any right or claim, whether such set-off or counter-claim sound in damages or not, and such set-off or counterclaim shall have the same effect as a statement of claim in a cross action, so as to enable the Court to pronounce a final judgment in the same action, both on the original and on the cross claim. Page 237 - ... the court or a judge may at any time for sufficient reason order that any particular fact or facts may be proved by affidavit, or that the affidavit of any witness may be read at the hearing or trial... Bibliographic information
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