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Page 272 - And therefore on a feoffment to A and his heirs, to the use of B and his heirs...
Page 205 - ... in all cases where a condition of a bond, recognizance. &c., is possible at the time of the making of the condition, and before the same can be performed, the condition becomes impossible by the act of God, or of the law, or of the obligee, &c., there the obligation, &c., is saved.
Page 232 - But this nicety is now disregarded : though, in compliance with the ancient principle, the form of assigning a chose in action is in the nature of a declaration of trust, and an agreement to permit the assignee to make use of the name of the assignor, in order to recover the possession.
Page 391 - Dignity; and I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and...
Page 326 - The countess of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery held the office of hereditary sheriff of Westmoreland, and exercised it in person. At the assizes at Appleby, she sat with the judges on the bench.
Page 391 - ... no person can be legally elected to any office relating to the government of any city or corporation, unless, within a twelvemonth before, he has received the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the rites of the Church of England...
Page 391 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 290 - So that he who hath an use hath not jus neque in re neque ad rem, but only a confidence and trust, for which he hath no remedy by the common law, but his remedy was only by subpoena in Chancery.
Page 272 - After this appointment is made, it is the same as if the estate had been originally limited to the use of A. for life, remainder to the use of C.
Page 264 - CJ, in delivering the opinion of the judges in the House of Lords in the Duchess of Kingston's Case (4), viz.