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... writ ? Because each of these will become a precedent ; and in precedent is involved principle . Why will an engineer be alarmed at the first drop of water oozing through a dam ? Because the rest , he knows , will follow it . Why is the ...
... writ ? Because each of these will become a precedent ; and in precedent is involved principle . Why will an engineer be alarmed at the first drop of water oozing through a dam ? Because the rest , he knows , will follow it . Why is the ...
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... writ de Otio et Atia , the sheriff was directed to relieve him . The Myrror of Justice , cap . v . sec . 1 , complains of the imprisonment of men's persons as an abuse , though for breaking gaol . Glanville , cap . iii . , holds the ...
... writ de Otio et Atia , the sheriff was directed to relieve him . The Myrror of Justice , cap . v . sec . 1 , complains of the imprisonment of men's persons as an abuse , though for breaking gaol . Glanville , cap . iii . , holds the ...
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... writ to the sheriff to inquire by the oath of twelve men at least what damage the plain- tiff has sustained . † As it respects the Coroner's jury , upon inquests taken before him ; the power of summoning jurors is * It seems , that we ...
... writ to the sheriff to inquire by the oath of twelve men at least what damage the plain- tiff has sustained . † As it respects the Coroner's jury , upon inquests taken before him ; the power of summoning jurors is * It seems , that we ...
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... writ of inquiry . This exception it is important to notice . The jurors having appeared , they are to be sworn and charged by the coroner to inquire , super visum cor- poris , ( upon view of the body , ) how the party met with his death ...
... writ of inquiry . This exception it is important to notice . The jurors having appeared , they are to be sworn and charged by the coroner to inquire , super visum cor- poris , ( upon view of the body , ) how the party met with his death ...
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... writ , shall continue to have and enjoy such exemption in as ample a man- ner as before the passing of this Act . " .. By the 42d section it is enacted , that no person shall be returned as a juror to serve at any session of " nisi ...
... writ , shall continue to have and enjoy such exemption in as ample a man- ner as before the passing of this Act . " .. By the 42d section it is enacted , that no person shall be returned as a juror to serve at any session of " nisi ...
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Page 168 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 141 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.