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Page 279 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 390 - An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales...
Page 363 - Corn, fish, salt, fruit, flour, and seed are warranted free from average, unless general, or the ship be stranded — sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides and skins are warranted free from average, under five pounds per cent, and all other goods, also the ship and freight, are warranted free from average, under three pounds per cent unless general, or the ship be stranded.
Page 358 - interest or no interest," or "without further proof of interest than the policy itself," or "without benefit of salvage to the insurer...
Page 344 - ALL costs, charges, and expenses properly incurred in the voluntary •winding-up of a company, including the remuneration of the liquidators, shall be payable out of the assets of the company in priority to all other claims.
Page 388 - Many murders have been discovered among them; and they are not only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants (who if they give not bread, or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them) but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty...
Page 46 - ... universally ; because they may be infinitely diversified by the situation and character of the parties, by the state of general manners, and by many other incidental circumstances apparently slight and delicate in themselves, but which may have most important bearings in decisions upon the particular case.
Page 411 - An Act for uniting the Benefits of Jury Trial in Civil Causes with the ordinary Jurisdiction of the Court of Session, and for making certain other Alterations and Reductions in the Judicial Establishments of Scotland.
Page 314 - Stamps, or in Drafts or Orders for the Payment of Money to the Bearer on Demand, drawn upon any Person or Persons carrying on the Business of a Banker, being duly licensed as aforesaid, within Fifteen Miles of the Place where such Drafts or Orders shall be so paid...
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