A Review of the Laws of the United States of North America, the British Provinces, and West India Islands: With Select Precedents and Observations Upon Divers Acts of Parliament and Acts of Assembly, and a Comparison of the Courts of Law and Practice There, with that of Westminster Hall |
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... uses and purposes , as any forfeiture in- curred by any law refpecting the revenue of customs may now be fued for , profecuted , and recovered in the places where respec- tively the offence shall be committed ; and that the produce ...
... uses and purposes , as any forfeiture in- curred by any law refpecting the revenue of customs may now be fued for , profecuted , and recovered in the places where respec- tively the offence shall be committed ; and that the produce ...
Page 114
... use of , they are accounted enemies . " " That we may not kill or hurt them in a neutral country , proceeds not from any privilege attached to their perfons , but from the right of that prince in whose dominions they are , for civil ...
... use of , they are accounted enemies . " " That we may not kill or hurt them in a neutral country , proceeds not from any privilege attached to their perfons , but from the right of that prince in whose dominions they are , for civil ...
Page 123
... use or ufes , are ( ipfo facto ) null and void from the beginning , and the estates and inter- efts ( so severally and respectively attempted to be difpofed of and transferred ) defcends according to this law , and the common law ...
... use or ufes , are ( ipfo facto ) null and void from the beginning , and the estates and inter- efts ( so severally and respectively attempted to be difpofed of and transferred ) defcends according to this law , and the common law ...
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... use of in fuch action or fuit , to verify or prove any matter or thing by affidavit or affidavits in writing , upon oath , or in cafe the perfon making fuch affidavit be one of the people called Quakers , then upon his or her folemn ...
... use of in fuch action or fuit , to verify or prove any matter or thing by affidavit or affidavits in writing , upon oath , or in cafe the perfon making fuch affidavit be one of the people called Quakers , then upon his or her folemn ...
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... use , to afk , demand , and fue for , re- cover and receive , of all and whoever may be indebted to me in any of the Weft- India or American iflands belonging to Great - Britain , France , Spain , Denmark , or Holland , all fuch fum or ...
... use , to afk , demand , and fue for , re- cover and receive , of all and whoever may be indebted to me in any of the Weft- India or American iflands belonging to Great - Britain , France , Spain , Denmark , or Holland , all fuch fum or ...
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Page 208 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 225 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 210 - IT is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 226 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 217 - ... such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts and registers shall be appointed for that purpose; and personal...
Page 229 - Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 212 - Place, and Harbour within the same ; leaving in all Fortifications the American Artillery that may be therein : and shall also Order, and cause all Archives, Records, Deeds and Papers belonging to any of the said States, or their Citizens, which in the Course of the War may have fallen into the Hands of his Officers, to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong.
Page 206 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 212 - ... against any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Page 204 - America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore, and to establish such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries, upon the ground of reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience, as may promote and secure to both perpetual peace and harmony...