Ramsay's Appeals Cases: With Notes and Definitions of the Civil and Criminal Law of the Province of Quebec, Including a Large Number of Decisions in Appeal Otherwise Unreported and Brought Down to the Beginning of the Year 1887. To which is Appended a List of All the Cases Carried to the Supreme Court and Privy Council with the Text of the Judgments in the Privy Council

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A. Periard, 1887 - 1063 pages
 

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Page 907 - The administration of Justice in' the Province, including the constitution, maintenance, and organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including procedure in civil matters in those Courts.
Page 905 - Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the , raising of a Revenue for Provincial Purposes.
Page 181 - This was, at least, a question of fact for the jury, and not one of law for the court.
Page 893 - Shop, Saloon, Tavern, Auctioneer, and other Licenses in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial, Local, or Municipal Purposes.
Page 905 - A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another ; such as the excise or customs.

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