1769-1775

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J.B. Lyon, state printer, 1894 - Albany (N.Y.)

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Page 537 - Judgment according as the very Right of the Cause and Matter in Law shall appear unto them...
Page 651 - ... felony without benefit of clergy, and the offenders therein shall be adjudged felons, and shall suffer death as in case of felony without benefit of clergy.
Page 627 - ... sale or disposal of any goods or chattels thereupon ; it shall and may be lawful to and for the defendant or defendants in such actions to plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence...
Page 304 - Philadelphia, be, and shall be, for ever hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 618 - That if after the death of a father any of his children shall die intestate without wife or children in the life time of the mother every brother and sister and the representatives of them shall have an equal share with her, any thing in this act or any law usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 883 - Parliament in England, in the first year of the reign of their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Page 523 - Ordinance to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. And Be it Further Enacted by the same...
Page 621 - ... of the value of the lands, tenements, or hereditaments so descended, and' thereupon judgment shall be given, and execution shall be awarded as aforesaid : but if judgment be given against such heir by confession of the action, without confessing the assets descended, or upon demurrer, or nihil dicit, it shall be for the debt and damages, without any writ to enquire of the lands, tenements, or hereditaments so descended.
Page 615 - And if it shall hereafter appear, That any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the executor or executors...
Page 289 - Courts of Record, upon any Bond or Bonds, or on any Penal Sum for Non-performance of any Covenants or Agreements in any Indenture, Deed, or Writing...