New England Sheriff: Or, Digest of the Duties of Civil Officers; Being a Compendium of the Laws of Massachusetts, with Reference to Those of the Neighboring States, Upon Those Subjects. With Copious Forms

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Dorr and Howland, 1830 - Forms (Law) - 312 pages
 

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Page 294 - And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say that the said John W. Webster him the said George Parkman, in manner and form aforesaid, then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did kill and murder...
Page 288 - States for the district of , in the full and just sum of dollars, to be paid to the said , his executors, administrators, or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, by these presents. Signed and sealed this day of , AD 189—.
Page 147 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page 148 - It is enacted, that if any persons unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace, shall unlawfully and with force demolish or pull down, or begin to demolish or pull down any church or chapel, or any building for religious worship certified and registered...
Page 290 - ... obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed, and delivered, in presence of...
Page 25 - All writs issuing out of the clerk's office in any of the courts of law, shall be in the name of the State of New Hampshire...
Page 290 - Dated the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and . The condition of this obligation is such, that if the...
Page 160 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right., if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation; and if the order in the warrant to a civil 'officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the...

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