A Manual of the Constitutional History of Canada from the Earliest Period to the Year 1888; Including the British North America Act, 1867, and a Digest of Judicial Decisions on Questions of Legislative JurisdictionDawson Brothers, 1888 - 238 pages |
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... courts throughout the colony . From the decisions of the inten- dant or the council there was no appeal except to the king in his council of state . Local governors were appointed at Montreal and Three Rivers , but their authority was ...
... courts throughout the colony . From the decisions of the inten- dant or the council there was no appeal except to the king in his council of state . Local governors were appointed at Montreal and Three Rivers , but their authority was ...
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... courts of judicature and public justice , for the hearing of civil and criminal causes , ac- cording to law and equity , and , as near as may be , agree- able to the laws of England , with the right of appeal in all civil cases to the ...
... courts of judicature and public justice , for the hearing of civil and criminal causes , ac- cording to law and equity , and , as near as may be , agree- able to the laws of England , with the right of appeal in all civil cases to the ...
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... courts sometimes admitted , and at other times re- jected , French law , without explaining the grounds of their determination . In not a few cases , the judges were confessedly ignorant of French Canadian jurisprudence.2 The ...
... courts sometimes admitted , and at other times re- jected , French law , without explaining the grounds of their determination . In not a few cases , the judges were confessedly ignorant of French Canadian jurisprudence.2 The ...
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... court of appeals until the legislatures of the provinces might make other provisions . " The right of bequeathing property , real and personal , was to be absolute and unre- stricted . All lands to be granted in Upper Canada were to be ...
... court of appeals until the legislatures of the provinces might make other provisions . " The right of bequeathing property , real and personal , was to be absolute and unre- stricted . All lands to be granted in Upper Canada were to be ...
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... found 1 Mr. W. Macdougall : Mercer v . Attorney - General for Ontario , Canada Sup . Court Rep . , vol . v . , pp . 545-6 . arrayed against each other in the bitterest antagonism.1 Appeals to 26 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
... found 1 Mr. W. Macdougall : Mercer v . Attorney - General for Ontario , Canada Sup . Court Rep . , vol . v . , pp . 545-6 . arrayed against each other in the bitterest antagonism.1 Appeals to 26 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
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