 | Joseph Chitty - Commercial law - 1824 - 1090 pages
...elapsed since the time when the act or thing for which the suit is brought shall have been done; and the defendant may plead the general issue, and give the act and the special matter in evidence at the trial, and that the matter or thing for which the suic is brought was done in pursuance ancl by... | |
 | James Cornish - Fisheries - 1824 - 248 pages
...action shall arise, and the defendant or defendants therein may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done by virtue thereof; and also that it shall and may be lawful to and for such... | |
 | William Hawkins - Criminal procedure - 1824 - 838 pages
...action accrued ; and " the defendant or defendants therein may plead the general issue, " and give this act and the special matter, in evidence, at any trial " to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance " and by the authority of this act : and if it shall appear so... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Carrington, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Joseph Payne - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 948 pages
...sect. 41), that in any action " against any person for any thing done in pursuance of this act," " the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence at the trial to be had thereupon;" and by the gtat. 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 42, s. 1, it is enacted, that the... | |
 | Great Britain, James Deacon Hume - Customhouses - 1825 - 570 pages
...thereof, the Defendant or Defendants in such Action or Suit may plead the General Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and in execution of the said Act ; and if it shall appear so to... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 788 pages
...within six calendar months after the fact committed, and not otherwise ; and notice in writing of such action, and of the cause thereof, shall be given to...the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this act aud the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon ; and no plaintiff shall... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Criminal law - 1826 - 132 pages
...Calendar Months after the Fact committed, and not otherNotice of Ac- wise; and Notice in Writing of such Action, and of the Cause ''""• thereof, shall be given to the Defendant One Calendar Month at Pleadings. least before the Commencement of the Action ; and in any such Action the Defendant may plead... | |
 | Francis King Eagle, Edward Younge - Law reports, digests, etc - 1826 - 534 pages
...defendant or defendants in euch action or suit shall and may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance or by the authority of this act ; and if the same shall appear... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Negotiable instruments - 1826 - 710 pages
...or defendants in ever}' such action or suit shall and may plead the general issue, and jjjive this act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of this act ; and if the same shall appear... | |
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... notice in writing of such action, and of the cause thereof, shall be given to •the defendant one calendar month at least before the commencement of the action... 
