The Canada Law Journal, Volume 38

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W.C. Chewett & Company, 1902
 

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Page 559 - every will shall be construed with reference to the real and personal estate comprised therein, as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will." Held, that lot A was not included in the devise to the daughter.
Page 480 - No free man shall be taken or •imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise damaged, nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by
Page 14 - What constitutes a state ? Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain. And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page 710 - sold by a person who is not the owner thereof, and who does not sell them under the authority or with the consent of the owner, the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than the seller had, unless the owner of the goods is by his conduct precluded from denying the seller's authority to sell,
Page 360 - had some smatch of honour in it; Hold then my sword, and turn away thy face, While I do run upon it. Wilt thou, Strato ? " Strato—" Give me your hand first. Fare you well, my lord." Brutus—" Farewell, good Strato. Caesar, now be still ; I killed not thee with half so good a will." (He runs on his sword, and dies.)
Page 575 - i33rd degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the s6th degree of north latitude ; from
Page 590 - and especially in the interpretation "of International Conventions, Arbitration is recognized by the Signatory Powers as the most effective, and at the same time the most equitable, means of settling disputes which Diplomacy has failed to settle.
Page 234 - contained in the Interpretation Act or in the Supreme and Exchequer Courts Act, no appeal shall be brought in any criminal case from any judgment or order of any court in Canada to any Court of Appeal or authority, by which in the United Kingdom appeals or petitions to Her Majesty in Council may be heard.
Page 575 - the Treaty :— III. The line of demarcation between the possessions of the High Contracting Parties upon the coast of the continent, and the islands of North America to the north-west, shall be drawn in the manner following : Commencing from the southernmost part of the island called Prince of Wales Island, which point lies in the parallel of
Page 488 - All the costs of any action or matter in the Court, not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid by or apportioned between the parties in such manner as the Court shall think just, and in default of any special direction shall abide the event of the action or matter.

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