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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... Statute of Limitations cannot be pleaded in bar to an open account , unless all accounts have ceased above six years . By " The Mer - non curat Lex ( the Law cares not about trifles ) , cantile Law Amendment Act , 1856 , " 19 & 20 Viet ...
... Statute of Limitations cannot be pleaded in bar to an open account , unless all accounts have ceased above six years . By " The Mer - non curat Lex ( the Law cares not about trifles ) , cantile Law Amendment Act , 1856 , " 19 & 20 Viet ...
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... statute , | to those who would have been entitled in cases and declares , that no person or persons shall by of ... statute . The statute operates as a restraint upon those trusts for accumulation , which aim at a duration beyond the ...
... statute , | to those who would have been entitled in cases and declares , that no person or persons shall by of ... statute . The statute operates as a restraint upon those trusts for accumulation , which aim at a duration beyond the ...
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... statute of which any record exists is that of Gloster , 6 Edw . I. The statutes from Magna Charta down to the end of the reign of Edward II . , including also some which ( because it is doubtful to which of the three reigns of Henry III ...
... statute of which any record exists is that of Gloster , 6 Edw . I. The statutes from Magna Charta down to the end of the reign of Edward II . , including also some which ( because it is doubtful to which of the three reigns of Henry III ...
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... statute be more liberally , and a penal more strictly construed ; ( 5. ) in construing a statute , all other such statutes made in pari materia , ought to be taken into consideration ; ( 6. ) a statute which treats of things and persons ...
... statute be more liberally , and a penal more strictly construed ; ( 5. ) in construing a statute , all other such statutes made in pari materia , ought to be taken into consideration ; ( 6. ) a statute which treats of things and persons ...
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... statute , defining the technical words , phrases , and sentences made use of throughout the Statute - Book , and con- taining the rules applicable to the construction and the interpretation of the statutes at large , and also some ...
... statute , defining the technical words , phrases , and sentences made use of throughout the Statute - Book , and con- taining the rules applicable to the construction and the interpretation of the statutes at large , and also some ...
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