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Page 170 - convicted thereof, shall be liable to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years; and (if a male) to be once, twice, or thrice publicly whipped (if the court shall see meet) in addition to
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Page 164 - Many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that ye might
Page 217 - thus distinguishable into three kinds : —1. General customs, which are the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law in its stricter and more usual signification. 2. Particular customs, which affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. 3. Certain particular laws which, by custom, are adopted and used by some particular
Page 218 - crime or misdemeanour is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it. Crime and misdemeanour are, strictly speaking, synonymous terms, though in common usage the former is applied to greater
Page 348 - or power necessary for each process; whereas, if the whole work were executed by one workman, he must possess skill to perform the most difficult as well as strength to execute the most laborious. But it may readily be supposed that this division of labour can only with advantage
Page 238 - not amount to a defence, unless it was for the public benefit that the matter charged should be published. If, after such plea, the defendant shall be convicted, the court may, in pronouncing sentence, consider whether the guilt of the defendant is aggravated or mitigated by the plea.
Page 253 - and certain others, no person claiming any land or rent in equity shall bring any action to recover the same but within the period during which he might have made an entry of distress, or brought an action of recovery, if his estate had been legal instead of equitable. Neither shall any action,
Page 165 - in England or Wales, of the clear yearly value of £100 over and above all incumbrances affecting, and all rents and charges payable out of or in respect of, the same, or shall
Page 216 - a rule of action, and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we speak of the laws of motion or of gravitation, as well as that of nature and of nations. It is, farther,! a