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... England at the present day . Thus so recent and so popular a book as Professor Holland's Elements of Jurisprudence is only an attempt to systematise the positive law of England . No one could take exception to such a task , but the ...
... England at the present day . Thus so recent and so popular a book as Professor Holland's Elements of Jurisprudence is only an attempt to systematise the positive law of England . No one could take exception to such a task , but the ...
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... England , which , it will be observed , commences with the history of procedure , will notice that , speaking roughly , the reform of the criminal law has proceeded in the same order as pro- cedure itself . Punishments were first ...
... England , which , it will be observed , commences with the history of procedure , will notice that , speaking roughly , the reform of the criminal law has proceeded in the same order as pro- cedure itself . Punishments were first ...
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... England and Scotland , a lawful practice to force payment of debt by taking at short - hand from the debtor a pledge , which was detained by the creditor till the debtor repledged the same by paying the debt or finding security for the ...
... England and Scotland , a lawful practice to force payment of debt by taking at short - hand from the debtor a pledge , which was detained by the creditor till the debtor repledged the same by paying the debt or finding security for the ...
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... 1 See Pollock's Essays , p . 208 , and Bigelow's History of Procedure in England , p . 153. Maine , History of Institutions , p . 271 . In is possible to have a decision as to the LECT . II . ] 53 WARRANTS FOR EXECUTION .
... 1 See Pollock's Essays , p . 208 , and Bigelow's History of Procedure in England , p . 153. Maine , History of Institutions , p . 271 . In is possible to have a decision as to the LECT . II . ] 53 WARRANTS FOR EXECUTION .
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... ( Exodus xviii . 13 ) . See Robertson Smith , The Old Testament in the Jewish Church , p . 334 . 2 Kames ' Law Tracts , No. 11 . the Court of Queen's Bench in England attained its present 60 [ LECT . II . LEGAL FORMS .
... ( Exodus xviii . 13 ) . See Robertson Smith , The Old Testament in the Jewish Church , p . 334 . 2 Kames ' Law Tracts , No. 11 . the Court of Queen's Bench in England attained its present 60 [ LECT . II . LEGAL FORMS .
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