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Page 16
... bound to prove himself innocent ; but that the accuser is bound to prove him guilty . 35. " Fraud " will vitiate every contract . 36. Every agreement for the purchase of goods above £ 10 must be reduced to writing . 37. All things upon ...
... bound to prove himself innocent ; but that the accuser is bound to prove him guilty . 35. " Fraud " will vitiate every contract . 36. Every agreement for the purchase of goods above £ 10 must be reduced to writing . 37. All things upon ...
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... bound fast , which , if they were at liberty , would not do so much harm as those do that daily walk the streets at their own will and sensuality . There is not at this day so great or noble a lord , nor lady so delicate , but had ...
... bound fast , which , if they were at liberty , would not do so much harm as those do that daily walk the streets at their own will and sensuality . There is not at this day so great or noble a lord , nor lady so delicate , but had ...
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... bound to supply copies of such lists to any person applying for the same , and to charge one shilling for each copy . - Dated , August 28 , 1842 . PROPERTY OF A DROWNED PERSON - Any one taking property from a drowned person , and ...
... bound to supply copies of such lists to any person applying for the same , and to charge one shilling for each copy . - Dated , August 28 , 1842 . PROPERTY OF A DROWNED PERSON - Any one taking property from a drowned person , and ...
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... bound to perform the duties of the office by the tenure of their lands . Others there were , and the most numerous , who were ac- tually chosen by the freeholders in county - court assembled , with the High Sheriff for their chairman ...
... bound to perform the duties of the office by the tenure of their lands . Others there were , and the most numerous , who were ac- tually chosen by the freeholders in county - court assembled , with the High Sheriff for their chairman ...
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... bound by the same rules of law tutary provision relating to this office was made in the first year of the reign of Edward the Third : when it was ordained that Jus- tices of the Peace should be assigned by the king's commission . Their ...
... bound by the same rules of law tutary provision relating to this office was made in the first year of the reign of Edward the Third : when it was ordained that Jus- tices of the Peace should be assigned by the king's commission . Their ...
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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.