 | Joseph Chitty - Criminal law - 1819 - 752 pages
...must be laid iu the county in which the cause of action occurred, (q) The defendant may also plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence; and if the plaintiff do not recover, the defendant shall have double costs, (r) But a secretary of state and... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1820 - 880 pages
...shall arise, and not afterwards ; and shall be laid in the proper comity ; and the defendant may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence; and if the plaintiff shall be nonsuited or discontinue, or if upon verdict or demurrer judgment slwll be given... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 406 pages
...action shall be brought against a justice for any thing done by virtue of his office, he may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence ; and if he recover, he shall have double costs. Such action shall not be laid but in the county where the fact... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 408 pages
...action shall be brought against a justice for any thing done by virtue of his office, he may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence ; and if he recover, he shall have double costs. Such action shall not be laid but in the county where the fact... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1821 - 490 pages
...hrought against any overseer, &c. for any thing done under the powers given hy that act, hn may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence, and if the suit he determined in his favour, he shall have trehle damages, aml costs. 145. If a person assessed... | |
 | Richard Burn - Ecclesiastical law - 1824 - 608 pages
...constable, or any other person whatsoever, for any thing done in execution of this act ; he may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence : and if a verdict shall be given for him, or the plaintiff be non-suit, or discontinue, he shall have treble... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Commercial law - 1824 - 516 pages
...themselves to the penalties of this act (6). And persons sued for acting under its provisions may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence ; and if the plaintiff be nonsuited, or discontinue, or a verdict pass against him, the defendant is to recover... | |
 | William Hawkins - Criminal procedure - 1824 - 838 pages
...this act, it shall and may be lawful to and for the person or " persons so sued or prosecuted to plead the general issue, and '' give the special matter in evidence ; and if a verdict shall pass " for the defendant, or the plaintiff shall become nonsuit, or suffer Treble costs.... | |
 | New York (State) - Session laws - 1825 - 538 pages
...and committed, and not elsewhere; and it shall be lawful for any person aforesaid to plead thereto the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence; and if upon the trial of any such action, the plaintiff shall not prove that the cause of such action arose within... | |
 | Great Britain, James Deacon Hume - Customhouses - 1825 - 570 pages
...Cause of the Place or District where the Facts were committed, — themand the Defendant may plead the General Issue, and give • the Special Matter in Evidence ; — and if the Plaintiff shall become nonsuited, or shall discontinue the Action, or if upon a Verdict or Demurrer,... | |
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