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" I have before said) they are not precisely bound by the rules of the civil law, viz,, to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always to believe two witnesses, if the... "
A pocket encyclopędia, or library of general knowledge - Page 171
by Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811
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The constitution of England; or, An account of the English government

Jean Louis de Lolme - 1784 - 564 pages
...witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be " in cases of treason, nor to reject one wit" n«ss bpcause he is single, or always to " believe two witnesses,...simply by witnesses, but by Jury : " nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon " their own knowledge may know a thing '• to be false, that a witness...
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Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 3

Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...civil law, v/::. to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason ; nor to reject one witness, because he is single ; or always...simply by witnesses, but by jury ; nay , it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false, that a witness swore to...
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The constitution of England; or, An account of the English government

Jean Louis de Lolme - 1814 - 326 pages
...the civil law, viz. to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...here simply by witnesses, but by jury: nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false that a witness swore to...
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The Constitution of England: Or, An Account of the English Government; in ...

Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1816 - 602 pages
...civil law, viz. to have two wit" nesses to prove every fact, unless it be in " cases of treason, nor to reject one witness " because he is single, or always...the fact does " upon other circumstances reasonably encoun" ter them; for the trial is not here simply by " witnesses, but by jury : nay, it may so fall...
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The History of the Common Law of England: And An Analysis of the Civil Part ...

Matthew Hale - Civil law - 1820 - 582 pages
...(j);" unless it be in cases of treason (r) ; — nor to reject one witness because he is single ; nor always to believe two witnesses, if the probability of the fact does, npon other circumstances, reasonably encounter them (.<) : for the of judgment, that when tkey return...
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The British Prose Writers...: De Lolme on the constitution

British prose literature - 1821 - 444 pages
...the civil law, viz,, to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...here simply by witnesses, but by jury; nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false, that a witness swore to...
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The Constitution of England: In which it is Compared Both with the ...

Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1826 - 326 pages
...the civil law, uiz. to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...probability of the fact does, upon other circumstances, reasunably encounter them; for the trial is not here simply by witnesses, but by jury : nay, it may...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 41

Naval art and science - 1872 - 1118 pages
...civil law — riz., to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...circumstances, reasonably encounter them ; for the trial is not hero simply by witnesses, but by jury ; nay, it may so fall out that a jury, upon their own knowledge,...
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Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Beginning ..., Volume 6

Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - World history - 1835 - 364 pages
...rules of civil law, to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason ; nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...upon other circumstances reasonably encounter them. It may fall out that a jury, upon their own knowledge, may know a thing to be false which a witness...
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Commentaries on the Constitution and Laws of England: Incorporated with the ...

Thomas George Western, Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional law - 1838 - 628 pages
...the civil law, viz. to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always...simply by witnesses, but by jury : nay, it may so fall out, that a jury, upon their own knowledge, may know a thing to be false, 179 that a witness swore...
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