Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With Tables of the Names of the Cases Argued and Cited, and the Principal Matters, Volume 12

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Page 381 - W. 4. c. 96. s. 1.) enacts that "no rate for the relief of the poor in England and Wales shall be allowed by any justices, or be of any force, which shall not be made upon an estimate of the net annual value of the several hereditaments rated thereunto ; that is to say, of the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual tenants...
Page 64 - Coke (vo1. 1, 1040,) is, that 'when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs in fee or in tail, that always in such cases 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate and not words of purchase.
Page 670 - ... he shall be released from all further or other proceedings, civil or criminal, for the same cause.
Page 58 - Colmore and his assigns, for and during the term of his natural life, without impeachment of or for any manner of waste; and from and after the determination of that estate, by forfeiture or otherwise...
Page 544 - One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three no Arrears of Rent or of Interest in respect of any Sum of Money charged upon or payable out of any Land or Rent, or in respect of any Legacy, or any Damages in respect of such Arrears of Rent or Interest, shall be recovered by any Distress, Action, or Suit, but within Six Years next after the same respectively shall have become due...
Page 33 - Act, or otherwise by law, the surplus thereof shall be applied under the direction of the council for the public benefit of the inhabitants and improvement of the borough.
Page 753 - Easter term last, moved for a rule to shew cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground of the trial having been improperly allowed to take place in the absence of Dr.
Page 801 - At that time he stated that he was not and never had been a member of the Communist Party.
Page 404 - Rates and Taxes, and Tithe Commutation Rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such Rent...
Page 724 - A publication, without justification or lawful excuse, which is calculated to injure the reputation of another, by exposing him to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, is a libel.

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