Forms of Procedures in the Courts of Admiralty of the United States of America: Together with an Appendix Containing Forms of Maritime Contracts, Etc., and the Rules of Practice in Causes of Admiralty, Prescribed by the Supreme Court

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T. & J.W. Johnson & Company, 1903 - Admiralty - 376 pages
 

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Page 284 - On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this court that the decree of the said United States court in this cause be, and the same is hereby, affirmed with costs, and that the said plaintiffs, John P.
Page 321 - And lastly, it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents, that in case the said...
Page 170 - America, to be paid to the said , his certain attorney, executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment well and truly to be made, I do bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, firmly by these presents.
Page 298 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered...
Page 355 - Proof of all claims which shall be presented in pursuance of said monition, shall be made before a commissioner to be designated by the court, subject to the right of any person interested, to question or controvert the same ; and, upon the completion of said proofs, the commissioner shall make report of the claims so proven, and upon...
Page 231 - You, therefore, are hereby commanded that such further proceedings be had in said cause, in conformity with the opinion and judgment of this court, as according to right and justice, and the laws of the United States, ought to be had, the said writ of certiorari notwithstanding.
Page 167 - States, at the time and on the days each sum shall respectively become due or payable, then the above obligation to be void and of no effect; otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.
Page 348 - In cases of foreign attachment, the garnishee shall be required to answer on oath or solemn affirmation as to the debts, credits, or effects of the defendant in his hands, and to such interrogatories touching the same as may be propounded by the libellant; and if he shall refuse or neglect so to do, the court may award compulsory process in personam against him. If he admits any debts, credits, or effects, the same shall be held in his hands, liable to answer the exigency of the suit. (38) In cases...
Page 169 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 339 - In all cases of seizure, and in other suits and proceedings in rem, the process, unless otherwise provided for by statute, shall be by a warrant of arrest of the ship, goods, or other thing to be arrested; and the marshal shall thereupon arrest and take the ship, goods, or other thing into his possession for safe custody, and shall cause public notice thereof, and of the time assigned for the return of such process and the hearing of the cause...

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