The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Though opinion prevailed that an admiralty court , rightly speaking , was a court of record , yet in view of the language used in the Act the decision was reached that only common - law courts were there meant.1 During the years from ...
Though opinion prevailed that an admiralty court , rightly speaking , was a court of record , yet in view of the language used in the Act the decision was reached that only common - law courts were there meant.1 During the years from ...
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... seal of the Admiralty , such suits could not be drawn away to the common - law courts , but must be tried in vice - admiralty courts only , and as procedure in such courts was that of the civil law , juries could not be employed .
... seal of the Admiralty , such suits could not be drawn away to the common - law courts , but must be tried in vice - admiralty courts only , and as procedure in such courts was that of the civil law , juries could not be employed .
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The opinion of Richard West , to which allusion has already been made , summed up the position thus : “ The common law of England is the common law of the Plantations , and all statutes in affirmance of the common law passed in England ...
The opinion of Richard West , to which allusion has already been made , summed up the position thus : “ The common law of England is the common law of the Plantations , and all statutes in affirmance of the common law passed in England ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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