The Canada Law Journal, Volumen51W.C. Chewett & Company, 1916 |
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Página 434 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Página 42 - Provinces, and from and after the passing of any Act in that behalf, the power of the Parliament of Canada to make laws in relation to any matter comprised in any such Act shall, notwithstanding anything in this Act, be unrestricted ; but any Act of the Parliament of Canada making provision for such uniformity shall not have effect in any Province unless and until it is adopted and enacted as law by the legislature thereof.
Página 40 - I will dry up thy rivers : that saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure ; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, Thy foundations shall be laid.
Página 393 - I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a license in making war of which even barbarous nations would have been ashamed, recourse being had to arms for slight reasons or no reason; and, when arms were once taken up, all reverence for divine and human law was thrown away, just as if men were thenceforth authorized to commit all crimes without restraint.
Página 212 - That domicil of choice is a conclusion or inference which the law derives from the fact of a man fixing voluntarily his sole or chief residence in a particular place, with an intention of continuing to reside there for an unlimited time.
Página 177 - Do not withhold good from those to whom it' is due, when it is in your power to do it. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it
Página 137 - ... when there is reasonable ground to apprehend a design on the part of the person slain to commit a felony, or to do some great personal injury to the slayer, or to any such person, and there is imminent danger of such design being accomplished; or, 2.
Página 244 - Regulations adopted by them, the inhabitants and the belligerents remain under the protection and the rule of the principles of the law of nations, as they result from the usages established among civilized peoples, from the laws of humanity, and the dictates of the public conscience.
Página 244 - It is practically impossible for the officers of a submarine to visit a merchantman at sea and examine her papers and cargo.
Página 465 - If this had been a debt arising from a contract with an alien enemy, it could not possibly stand ; for the contract would be void. But, if the two nations were at peace at the date of the contract, from the time of war taking place the creditor could not sue; but the contract being originally good, upon the return of peace the right would revive.