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Premunire

forewarned) that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged; which contempt is particularly recited in the preamble to the writ.

Previous conviction

conviction. The 11th s. of the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), reciting that 'it is expedient to provide for the more exemplary punishment of offenders who commit felony after a

Protestant

England as by law established.' The Bill of Rights (1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2), after reciting that 'it hath been found by experience that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this

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Pr'munire

forewarned) that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged; which contempt is particularly recited in the Preamble to the writ. The offence of pr'munire is, in effect, described by Balckstone to be

Release

the contemplation of the parties, and every claim intended to be released should therefore be mentioned in the recitals. A release in general terms upon surrender of a lease does not impliedly release from past breaches of

Said

Said, is used by many practitioners rather than 'the' to refer back to previously recited elements, sometimes to a previously cited anything. This practice is unobjectionable, although perhaps overly legalistic. If 'saids' or

Saladinetenth

the Pope or other sovereigns; and see the preamble to 23 Hen. 8, c. 20, wherein it is recited that the court of Rome exacted great sums of money under the title of annates or first-fruits, which

Secondary evidence

no degrees of this evidence; for example, if a letter be lost it may be as good as recite it from memory as to produce a copy. It is the province of the judge to decide whether

Si non omnes, Writ of

si non omnes, addressed to the first justices, and also to those who are associated with them, which, reciting the purport of the two former commissions, commands the justices that if all of them cannot conveniently be

Statute staple

them, the conusee had to sue out a writ of Liberate, which was a writ out of Chancery, reciting the former writ, and commanding the sheriff to deliver to the conusee all the lands, tenements, and chattels

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