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Page 174 - Provided always, that if at the time at which the right of any person to make an entry or distress or bring an action to recover any land or rent shall have first accrued as aforesaid, such person shall have been under any of the disabilities hereinafter mentioned, (that is to
Page 806 - inventory " includes a description of a person as well as of those parts of his dress or other matters which are particularly specified. Thus Shakespeare speaks of a lady being inventoried: — "I will give out divers schedules of my beauty: it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labelled to my will
Page 652 - by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles, it is manifestly declared and expressed, that this realm of England is an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by one supreme head and king, having the dignity and royal estate of the imperial crown of the same, unto whom a body politic, compact of all
Page 704 - I, LHW, do publish and declare this to be my last will and testament;" and it ended thus: " I declare this only to be my last will and testament; in witness whereof, I have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal, the 12th of September" &c. The attestation was thus:
Page 704 - lands were limited to such uses, &c., as LHW should appoint by her last will and testament in writing, to be by her signed, sealed, and published in the presence of and attested by three or more credible witnesses. LHW signed and sealed an instrument, containing an appointment, which
Page 249 - is, that although there may have been negligence on the part of the plaintiff yet, unless he might, by the exercise of ordinary care, have avoided the consequences of the defendant's negligence, he is entitled to recover. Parke, B., there says, " This subject was fully considered by this Court in the case of Bridge v. The Grand Junction Railway
Page 773 - their own use and benefit: and from and immediately after his decease, to the use of the first son of the said Morton John Davison, lawfully begotten, and of the heirs male of the body of such first son lawfully issuing; and for default of such issue, to the use of the second, third, fourth, and all and every other the
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Page 49 - or where the cause of action did not arise wholly, or in some material point, within the jurisdiction of the court," &c. This bill was drawn and accepted within the city of London, but was delivered to the plaintiff in the county of Middlesex. There was no complete indorsement until delivery: Marston v. Allen
Page 492 - of such notice from any party so entitled, the same shall be settled by arbitration, in manner herein provided; or if the party so entitled as aforesaid, desire to have such question of compensation settled by jury, it shall be lawful for him to give notice in writing of such his desire