A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law, Comprising the Substance and Effect of All the Public Acts of Parliament in Force, from Magna Charta in the Ninth Year of King Henry III. to the Twenty-seventh Year of His Present Majesty King George III. Inclusive |
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againſt alfo annuities appoint benefit of clergy British cafe caufe certificate chalder clerk cloth cofts commiffioners convicted court cuftoms delivered difcharged duties eftate Eliz exchequer excife exported faid fale falfe falt fame feal fearch fecond fecurity feized fell felony without clergy fent fervants ferve fervice feven fhall be deemed fhall be paid fhall forfeit fhall pay fhall take fheriff filk fix months fold foreign fhip forfeiture thereof fpirits ftamp ftat fubject fuch gallons granted horfes houfe houſe Ibid iffue imported impriſonment inches India intitled Ireland juftices of peace king king's king's bench lands lefs liable licenfe London lord chancellor mafter meaſure oath offence officer fhall otherwife pain parliament pawnbroker penalty perfon fhall port pound prefent prifon profecuted purchafe quarter feffions refufing Ruffia Scotland ſhall ſhip thall unleſs uſed veffels warehoufes wine writ yard
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Page 527 - ... one moiety to the informer, the other to the poor of the parish...
Page 253 - ... upon any agreement that is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be In writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 451 - II. declares that if any sheriff shall leave out of his returns any cities or boroughs which be bound, and of old time were wont to come to the parliament, he shall be punished as was accustomed to be done in the like case in time past.
Page 456 - ... of themselves, in right of any annuity or rent charge granted before June, 1763, unless a certificate to be entered with the clerk of the peace, or...
Page 87 - III. €. 50. commiffioners were appointed to inquire into the ftate and condition of the woods, forefts, and land revenues belonging to the crown, and to fell fee-farm and other unimproveable rents.
Page 487 - Member, together with the Name of the Post Town from which the same is intended to be sent, and the Day, Month and Year when the same shall be to be put into the Post Office ; the Day of the Month to be in Words at...
Page 492 - henceforth that breaketh prifon fh all. have judg" ment of life or member, for breaking prifon " only, except the caufe for which he was taken " and imprifoned did require fuch judgment, if " he had been convict thereupon according to the " law and cuftom of the realm, albeit in times " paft it hath been ufed otherwife u.
Page 316 - In pieces under 5 feet in length, the fathom, 6 feet wide, and 6 feet high...
Page 72 - Britain will be of public and general advantage." It then enacts that justices at quarter sessions were to order weekly returns to be made of the prices of wheat, rye, barley, oats, beans, and bigg from not less than two or more than six markets in each county ; and to appoint persons to make such returns.
Page 450 - ... shall not be granted, but only where the king may do it by his oath, that is to say, where a man slayeth another in his own defence, or by misfortune : * * * ****••*•* 12.