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Interpretation of Statute

as to the evils, if any, which the statute was intended to remedy, or of the circumstances which led to the passing of the statute may be looked into for the purpose of ascertaining the object which

Jari

word was used. Where the meaning of the words used in a document is clear, the negotiations which led up to the contract or the grant embodied in it should not be taken into consideration for the

Jedburgh Justice

frequent conflicts took place between English and Scots Borderers before the Union. The turbulence of the Scots Borderers led to the establishment of a Court where very summary justice was administered, but whether any actual trial took

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Manumission

had his name entered in the census or public register of the citizens; 2nd, when the slave was led before the pr'tor, and that magistrate laid his wand (vindicta) on his head; 3rd, when the master, by

Marriage

of breach of promise of marriage, which is of comparatively modern date. The strictness of Lord Hardwicke's Act led to marriages being annulled through misnomers in the banns by the fault of one party in putting them

Material witness

would depend on whether he could speak to any part of the prosecution case or whether the evidence led disclosed that he was so situated that he would have been able to give evidence of the facts

Press

3 TR 431, n., Per Lord Mansfield, C.J. The case of Stockdale v. Hansard, (1839) 9 A&E 1, led to the passing of the (English) Parliamentary Papers Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 9), which Act

Old tenures

in the reign of Edward III. it is a very scanty tract, but has the merit of having led the way to Littleton's famous work, 3 Reeves, 151.

Piracy

to profit by taking the ideas of another, the publication is a piracy. An author who has been led by a former author to refer to older writers, may without committing piracy, use the same passages in

Precedent

the English Courts and differed from with reluctance. The differing from the Scots decision in Hoyle v. Hitchman led to the passing of s. 2(a) of the (English) Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1879. In London

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