Commentaries on the Laws of England ...Bancroft-Whitney, 1890 |
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Términos y frases comunes
action of debt action of trespass advowson antient appear assise assumpsit bill Blackstone brought called capias cause of action chancellor chancery chattels Cited civil cognizance common law common pleas Conn contract court of chancery court of equity court of king's courts of common crown damages declaration defendant deforcement demurrer determined detinue disseisin distreined distress ecclesiastical Eliz entry fact Finch freehold habeas corpus hath Ibid injury Inst issue judges judgment jurisdiction jurors jury justice king king's bench lands Litt lord matter nature nisi prius nusance oath original writ ouster party person plaintiff plead possession Previously proceedings real actions recover redress remedy rent replevin rule seised seisin sheriff sir Edward Coke species Stat statute suit tenant tion trespass trial verdict Westm whereby wherein writ of error writ of right wrong
Pasajes populares
Página 48 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Página 570 - Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Página 142 - A writ of mandamus is, in general, a command issuing in the king's name from the court of king's bench, and directed to any person, corporation, or inferior court of judicature within the king's dominions, requiring them to do some particular thing therein specified, which appertains to their office and duty, and which the court of king's oench has previously determined, or at least supposes, to be consonant to right and justice.
Página 614 - That suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States, in any case where plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law.
Página 467 - ... that he cause to come here, on such a day, twelve free and lawful men, liberos et legales homines, of the body of his county, by whom the truth of the matter may be better known, and who are neither of kin to the aforesaid A nor the aforesaid B, to recognize the truth of the issue between the said parties.
Página 145 - ... directed to the judge and parties of a suit in any inferior court, commanding them to cease from the prosecution thereof, upon a suggestion that either the cause originally, or some collateral matter arising therein, does not belong to that jurisdiction, but to the cognizance of some other court.
Página 500 - ... the trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of the English law. And, if it has so great an advantage over others in regulating civil property, how much must that advantage be heightened, when it is applied to criminal cases.
Página 67 - He is the general guardian of all infants, idiots and lunatics ; and has the general superintendence of all charitable uses in the kingdom...
Página 401 - For neither the executors of the plaintiff have received, nor those of the defendant have committed, in their own personal capacity, any manner of wrong or injury.
Página 214 - THE legal acceptation of debt is, a sum of money due by certain and express agreement : as, by a bond for a determinate sum ; a bill or note ; a special bargain ; or a rent reserved on a lease; where the quantity is fixed and specific, and does not depend upon any subsequent valuation to settle it.