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Page 5859
... condition recorded to be void as against subsequent purchasers in good faith , etc. , shall be con- strued to embrace every person to whom any estate or interest in real estate shall be con- veyed for a valuable consideration , and also ...
... condition recorded to be void as against subsequent purchasers in good faith , etc. , shall be con- strued to embrace every person to whom any estate or interest in real estate shall be con- veyed for a valuable consideration , and also ...
Page 5874
... condition of taking or holding office ; qualify ; to make oath to any fact ; to take oath of office be- fore entering into its duties . Cent . Dict . Qualification is that which qualifies a person and renders him admissible to or ...
... condition of taking or holding office ; qualify ; to make oath to any fact ; to take oath of office be- fore entering into its duties . Cent . Dict . Qualification is that which qualifies a person and renders him admissible to or ...
Page 5875
... condition therein stated ; ( 2 ) partial , that is to say , an acceptance to pay part only of the amount for which the bill is drawn ; ( 3 ) local , that is to say , an ac- ceptance to pay only at a particular place ; ( 4 ) qualified as ...
... condition therein stated ; ( 2 ) partial , that is to say , an acceptance to pay part only of the amount for which the bill is drawn ; ( 3 ) local , that is to say , an ac- ceptance to pay only at a particular place ; ( 4 ) qualified as ...
Page 5876
... condition attach- ed to the fee is one which is certain to hap- pen , then there is a reversion . dition is one which may never happen , there is not a reversion , but only a possibility of reversion . United States v . Reese ( U. S. ) ...
... condition attach- ed to the fee is one which is certain to hap- pen , then there is a reversion . dition is one which may never happen , there is not a reversion , but only a possibility of reversion . United States v . Reese ( U. S. ) ...
Page 5924
... condition of the female , if she was over the age of 10 years at the time of the alleged rape , it is incumbent on the state to allege and prove that the carnal knowledge was obtained without her consent , and by means of force ...
... condition of the female , if she was over the age of 10 years at the time of the alleged rape , it is incumbent on the state to allege and prove that the carnal knowledge was obtained without her consent , and by means of force ...
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Popular passages
Page 6153 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 6139 - The court said there must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 6287 - In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. The words "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is "under way...
Page 6373 - And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed...
Page 5977 - reasonable time" or an "unreasonable time," regard is to be had to the nature of the instrument, the usage of trade or business (if any) with respect to such instruments, and the facts of the particular case.
Page 5922 - Rape is an act of sexual intercourse, accomplished with a female not the wife of the perpetrator, under either of the following circumstances: 1.
Page 6152 - That place shall be considered and held to be the residence of a person in which his habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.
Page 6062 - relevant' means that any two facts to which it is applied are so related to each other that, according to the common course of events, one, either taken by itself or in connection with other facts, proves or renders probable the past, present or future existence or nonexistence of the other.
Page 6222 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 6344 - Neither the state nor any subdivision thereof shall use its property or credit or any public money, or authorize or permit either to be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance, other than for examination or inspection, of any school or institution of learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any religious denomination, or in which any denominational tenet or doctrine is taught, but the legislature may provide for the transportation of children to and from any school...