The New-York Legal Observer, Volume 6Samuel Owen Samuel Owen, 1848 - Law |
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Page 205 - ... a resident of the county and for the last thirty days a resident of the election district in which he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote at- such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people...
Page 7 - Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Page 152 - Every patent shall contain a short title or description of the invention or discovery, correctly indicating its nature and design and a grant to the patentee, his heirs or assigns, for the term of seventeen years, of the exclusive right to make, use, and vend the invention or discovery . . . throughout the United States and the Territories thereof, referring to the specification for the particulars thereof.
Page 205 - Every male citizen of the age of twentyone years who shall have been a citizen for ten days and an inhabitant of this State one year next preceding an election, and for the last four months a resident of the county and for the last thirty days a resident of the election district in which he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election, district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere...
Page 252 - Cur. adv. vult. LORD DENMAN, CJ, now delivered the judgment of the court. — The plaintiff...
Page 317 - ... such agent or attorney, to the effect that he believes it to be true, or be precluded from giving evidence thereof.
Page 351 - ... operates as an assignment of all his property for the benefit of all of his creditors, and may be reached by petition filed within 6 months.
Page 328 - ... but that every person so offered may and shall be admitted to give evidence on oath or solemn affirmation in those cases wherein affirmation is by law receivable, notwithstanding that such person may or shall have an interest in the matter in question, or in the event of the trial of any issue, matter, question, or...
Page 154 - ... a written description of his invention, and of the manner of using, or process of compounding the same, in such full, clear, and exact terms, as to distinguish the same from all other things before known, and to enable any person skilled in the art or science of which it is a branch, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, compound, and use the same.
Page 353 - ... act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors, passed April 26, 1831, or any act amending the same, nor shall it apply to proceedings for contempts.