State of the Present Form of Government of the Province of Quebec, with a Large Appendix: Containing Extracts from the Minutes of an Investigation Into the Past Administration of Justice in that ProvinceJ. Debrett, 1789 - 176 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 53
... admitted , and fometimes denied to be law , by all the courts in the province ; and the Court of Appeals has in that judgment declared , that it never was a part of , or belonging to , the law of that country * . Notwithstanding this ...
... admitted , and fometimes denied to be law , by all the courts in the province ; and the Court of Appeals has in that judgment declared , that it never was a part of , or belonging to , the law of that country * . Notwithstanding this ...
الصفحة 105
... admitted or rejected upon motives of equity , adopted by gentlemen who merit however no other imputation , than the want of education in , or acquaintance with , courts of law or equity , and the confufion in which fuch decifions muft ...
... admitted or rejected upon motives of equity , adopted by gentlemen who merit however no other imputation , than the want of education in , or acquaintance with , courts of law or equity , and the confufion in which fuch decifions muft ...
الصفحة 133
... both these plaintiffs were founded on the coutume de Paris , which I have heard admitted to be law , and not to be law , or at least have found it not to be followed or ob- K 3 Served ferved as fuch , by all or any of the ( 133 )
... both these plaintiffs were founded on the coutume de Paris , which I have heard admitted to be law , and not to be law , or at least have found it not to be followed or ob- K 3 Served ferved as fuch , by all or any of the ( 133 )
الصفحة 134
... admitted as law ; but whether fuch caufes , as may have been fo determined , were tried and judged in the faid Court upon the cuf tom of Paris , or Roman and civil law , is best known to the Court or Judges who tried them . I having ...
... admitted as law ; but whether fuch caufes , as may have been fo determined , were tried and judged in the faid Court upon the cuf tom of Paris , or Roman and civil law , is best known to the Court or Judges who tried them . I having ...
الصفحة 139
... admitted as fuch , particularly in the cause of Mr , M'Aulay against Antrobus , wherein the Court refused parol evidence to prove a lease above 100 livres . It appears to have been rejected in the cause of Henderson against Stuart ...
... admitted as fuch , particularly in the cause of Mr , M'Aulay against Antrobus , wherein the Court refused parol evidence to prove a lease above 100 livres . It appears to have been rejected in the cause of Henderson against Stuart ...
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adminiſtration Affembly affert againſt ancient fubjects Anfwer APPENDIX Becauſe beſt Boucherville Britiſh Britiſh fubjects cafe Canadian caufes cauſes Chief Juftice civil Code Marchand commerce Commiffioner Common Pleas confequence confideration confidered conftitution confufion Court of Appeals Court of Common coutume de Paris cuſtoms decifions defire diſtrict edicts encreaſed Engliſh law equity eſtabliſhed evidence Extract faid Court fame fecurity fettled fhall fhew figned fince fituation fome fometimes ftate fuch fuits fupport fyftem of government George Allsopp Governor Hugh Finlay inhabitants intereſt judges judgment laſt lative laws of England laws of France Legiſlative Council legiſlature liberty Lord Lordship Majefty Majefty's fubjects ment merchants moſt muſt neceffary neral obfervations occafion ordinances perfonal petitions prayed prefent principles Proteft province of Quebec purpoſe Quebec Act reaſons reform refpect repreſentatives reſpect Richard Dobie Rouville ſhould Sovereign Council ſtate ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion uncertainty vince William Dummer Powell
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الصفحة 93 - ... become inhabitants thereof, we have thought fit to publish and declare, by this our proclamation, that we have in the letters patent under our great seal of Great Britain by which the said governments are constituted, given express power and direction to our governors of our...
الصفحة 94 - Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England, and under such Regulations and Restrictions as are used in other Colonies; and in the mean Time, and until such Assemblies can be called as aforesaid, all Persons Inhabiting in or resorting to our Said Colonies may confide in our Royal Protection for the Enjoyment of the Benefit of the Laws of our Realm of England...
الصفحة 93 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England, and under such Regulations and Restrictions as are used in other Colonies...
الصفحة 85 - When different legislative bodies succeed one another, the people who have a bad opinion of that which is actually...
الصفحة 72 - ... into disagreements : it is the necessary result of opposite interests, or ideas. Different perceptions make men appear like different animals one towards another. I conceive that no laws in the detail can be well formed for any country but by a legislative body upon the spot ; because such a body best knows its own wants, and how to find the means, and how to apply them. The colonies of Georgia and Nova Scotia were long drooping under a military government. The extraordinary improvements of them,...
الصفحة 84 - As, in a free ftate, every man who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be his own governor ; fo the legiflative power fhould refide in the whole body of the people. But fince this is impoffible in large ftates, and in fmall ones is...
الصفحة 68 - ... sentiments of the whole community, there is a state of the most perfect political liberty. On the other hand, in countries where a man is, by his birth or fortune, excluded from these offices, or from a power of voting for proper...
الصفحة 93 - ... and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our faid colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws...
الصفحة 99 - Goal in point of security occasions a Guard of Soldiers to be kept in the lower part of it, and even with that precaution, many atrocious offenders have escaped, insomuch that the Sheriff of the District has refused to confine Debtors, unless the Prosecutor...