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On the firft at - tempt to come out it appears fhe was taken, and under circumftances which do in my opinion fully juftify the feizure.
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty: Commencing with the ... 1812
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It is faid, that the vefTei had no regifler on board, and that the captor was induced by this deficiency to make the feizure.
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Admiralty; commencing with the judgments of the Right Hon. Sir William Scott, Easter term 1808 [-1812] Edwards, Thomas, 1775?-1845, reporter 1812
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Plea, that locus, Sec. is within the manor of, tzc, and that defendant was a Alitor of the manor court, and juflifies the feizure for a/ne amerced and affeered upon defendant for not appearing aftef being duly fumrooned.
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This edict was confirmed by the parliament, and fubfcribed by all the clergy, at a general aflembly, #£cept the bifhops of Aleth and Pamiers, whofe refufal was punifhed by the feizure of their revenues.
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The law of equity, which warrants any man to repel an unjufl: attempt to feize his property, makes it his duty to wrefl: from the villain the poileflion of the feizure.
A review of ecclesiastical establishments in Europe : containing their history ... : and an essay tending to shew both the political and moral necessity of abolishing exclusive establishments, with answers to some principal objections Whatman, James, 1741-1798 1796
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If a landlord comes into a houfe and feizes upon fome goods as a diftrefs in the name of all the goods in the houfe, it is a good feizure of the whole.
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But this aft of feizure. of property, it leemSj is a judgment in law, and not a confifca - tion.
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Nay, as the infurer takes the rifk of capture and feizure upon himfelf, it is he, properly fpeaking, who is to be confidered as the fmuggler.
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Grted, that the Directors were hardly allowed the privi - jes which in courts of judicature were granted to felons; for in cafes of felony, feizure and confilcation never took place till after conviction; whereas, in the prefent inftance, the parties were not even accufed of any fpecific crime.
The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons ... 1784
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To favour this eruption, it will always be proper to put thofe who are feized with this diftemper to bed as early after feizure as poffible, and to give the mild and cordial diapho* rettcs.
A Complete Collection of the Medical and Philosophical Works of John Fothergill 1781
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