Law Lexicon, Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence: Explaining the Technical Words and Phrases Employed in the Several Departments of English Law : Including the Various Legal Terms Used in Commercial Transactions : Together with an Explanatory as Well as Literal Translation of the Latin Maxims Contained in the Writings of the Ancient and Modern Commentators |
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... costs . The judges discourage these pleas , for they favor cunning and frivolity , avoid the substantial merits of an action , create vexation and accumu- late costs . See Chitty or Stephen on Pleading , and 2 Chit . Arch . Prac . by ...
... costs . The judges discourage these pleas , for they favor cunning and frivolity , avoid the substantial merits of an action , create vexation and accumu- late costs . See Chitty or Stephen on Pleading , and 2 Chit . Arch . Prac . by ...
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... costs within such time as a judge may order , proceedings being stayed until an election made by them ; if the assignees neglect or refuse , the defendants may within eight days afterwards plead the bank- ruptcy . s . 142 . With regard ...
... costs within such time as a judge may order , proceedings being stayed until an election made by them ; if the assignees neglect or refuse , the defendants may within eight days afterwards plead the bank- ruptcy . s . 142 . With regard ...
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... costs ; if . however , the wife die , the suit abates and the widower must administer , and then revive the suit if he desire to continue it . And should he die before the suit is wound up , the next of kin of the wife would be entitled ...
... costs ; if . however , the wife die , the suit abates and the widower must administer , and then revive the suit if he desire to continue it . And should he die before the suit is wound up , the next of kin of the wife would be entitled ...
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... costs ; and if such trader - debtor do not within seven days after personal service of such sum- mons , pay , secure , and compound , or enter into a bond , with two sufficient sureties to pay what shall be recovered in any action for ...
... costs ; and if such trader - debtor do not within seven days after personal service of such sum- mons , pay , secure , and compound , or enter into a bond , with two sufficient sureties to pay what shall be recovered in any action for ...
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... costs of preparing and filing such affidavit in any taxation of costs . The affidavit must state distinctly what facts or circumstances deposed to are within the de- ponent's own knowledge and his means of know- ledge , and what facts ...
... costs of preparing and filing such affidavit in any taxation of costs . The affidavit must state distinctly what facts or circumstances deposed to are within the de- ponent's own knowledge and his means of know- ledge , and what facts ...
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