The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 183West Publishing Company, 1921 |
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Page 84 - And the said party of the first part, their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant, grant, bargain and agree to and with the said party of the second part, his...
Page 143 - In the heat of passion, but in a cruel and unusual manner, or by means of a dangerous weapon.
Page 77 - Future estates are either vested or contingent. They are vested when there is a person in being who would have an immediate right to the possession of the lands upon the ceasing of the intermediate or precedent estate. They are contingent while the person to whom, or the event upon which, they are limited to take effect, remains uncertain.
Page 266 - All goods, chattels, moneys, and other property, both real and personal, or any interest therein, of the judgment debtor, not exempt by law, and all property and rights of property seized and held under attachment in the action, are liable to execution. Shares and interests in any corporation or company, and debts and credits^ and all other property, both real and personal, or any interest in either real or personal property, and all other property not capable of manual delivery, may be levied upon...
Page 166 - An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. § 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding.
Page 392 - ... a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings; 16. Words and phrases must be construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language...
Page 167 - The court may, by order, change the place of trial, in either of the following cases: 1. Where the county, designated for that purpose in the complaint, is not the proper county. 2. Where there is reason to believe, that an impartial trial cannot be had in the proper county. 3. Where the convenience of witnesses, and the ends of justice, will be promoted by the change.
Page 63 - Anyone claiming an interest in the litigation may at any time be permitted to assert his right by intervention, but the intervention shall be in subordination to, and in recognition of, the propriety of the main proceeding.
Page 239 - No estate or interest in lands, other than leases for a term not exceeding one year...
Page 180 - A single act may be an offense against two statutes; and if each statute requires proof of an additional fact which the other does not, an acquittal or conviction under either statute does not exempt the defendant from prosecution and punishment under the other.