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Escape

re-enacted by s. 16, sub-s. 2, and s. 39 of the (English) Sheriffs Act, 1887. Escapes are either voluntary, by the express consent of the keeper, after which he never can take his prisoner again (though the … take his prisoner again (though the plaintiff may retake him at any time), but the sheriff had to answer for the debt, and he had no remedy over against the person escaping; or, negligent, where a prisoner

Trust

s. 1. A trust will be enforced wherever there is a valuable consideration; but, if it be merely voluntary, the equitable interest will not be enforced, unless an actual trust be created, and no act remains to … 52 Vict. c. 59), s. 8, a trustee may under certain circumstances plead the Statute of Limitations in answer to a claim against him for a breach of trust: see Re Somerset, (1894) 1 Ch 231; Howe

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