 | Edmund Burke - 1882 - 776 pages
...for ' Maintenance ' against the member for Warwickshire. Maintenance is, according to Blackstone, ' an officious intermeddling in a suit that no way belongs...with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it.' Sir J. Ingham, however, before whom the application for a summons against Mr. Newdegate was heard,... | |
 | 1882 - 716 pages
...for ' Maintenance ' against the member for Warwickshire. Maintenance is, according to Blackstone, ' an officious intermeddling in a suit that no way belongs...with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it.' Sir J. Ingham, however, before whom the application for a summons against Mr. Newdegate was heard,... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - 1811 - 214 pages
...Maintenance. 4 Bi. Com. i34, i35. Maintenance is an offence that bears a near relation to the former ; being an officious intermeddling in a suit that no...with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it : A practice that was greatly encouraged by the first introduction of uses. This is an offence against... | |
 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 pages
.... c MAINTENANCE. . . .}\. . •.. , ' Maintenance is an officious intermeddling in a suit that ^ay belongs to one, by maintaining or assisting either...with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it. ' A man may lawfully maintain the suit of his near kinsman, cerVant. or poor neighbour, out of charity... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...Continuance; security from failure (S<iuth). MAINTENANCE, in law, bears a near relation to barretrv ; being an officious intermeddling in a suit that no...belongs to one, by maintaining or assisting either party nitli money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it : a practice that was greatly encouraged by tiie... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...damages to the party injured. 12. Maintenance is an offence that bears a near relation to the former ; being an officious intermeddling in a suit that no...with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it. A man may however maintain the suit of his near kinsman, servant, or poor neighbour, out of charity... | |
 | Samuel Comyn - 1824 - 680 pages
...all contracts and agreements for the maintenance of suits are illegal and void, (x) Maintenance is an officious intermeddling in a suit that no way belongs...with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it. It is an offence against public justice, as it keeps alive strife and contention, and perverts the... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...damages to the party injured. MAINTAINANCE. This is an offence that bears a near relation to tho former ; being an officious intermeddling in a suit that no...defend it. This is an offence against public justice, as it keeps alive strife and contention, and perverts the remedial process of the law into an engine... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 pages
...offence that bears a near relation to the former ; being an officious intermeddling in a suit that 135 ] no way belongs to one, by maintaining or assisting...with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it ° : a practice that was greatly encouraged by the first introduction of uses *. This is an offence... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 pages
...offence that bears a near relation to the former ; being an officious intermeddling in a suit that 135 ] no way belongs to one, by maintaining or assisting...with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it • : a practice that was greatly encouraged by the first introduction of uses w. This is an offence... | |
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Eliz. c. 2, to be punished by six months' imprisonment, and treble damages to the party injured. Maintenance. 12. Maintenance is an offence that bears a near relation to the former, being an officious intermeddling in a suit that no way belongs to one,... 
