The Pacific Reporter, Volume 13

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West Publishing Company, 1887
 

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Page 353 - It shall be the duty of the adverse claimant, within thirty days after filing his claim, to commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, to determine the question of the right of possession, and prosecute the same with reasonable diligence to final judgment; and a failure so to do shall be a waiver of his adverse claim.
Page 86 - The rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. The code establishes the law of this state respecting the subjects to which it relates, and its provisions and all proceedings under it are to be liberally construed, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice.
Page 235 - ... for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is consistent with that given by the witness before the court, or to disclose the testimony given before them by any person, upon a charge against such person for perjury in giving his testimony or upon trial therefor.
Page 173 - In other actions, if no answer has been filed with the clerk of the court within the time specified in the summons, or such further time as may have been granted...
Page 456 - No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States...
Page 529 - ... malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take away the life of a fellow creature, which is manifested by external circumstances capable of proof.
Page 90 - In an indictment or information for perjury, or subornation of perjury, it is sufficient to set forth the substance of the controversy or matter in respect to which the...
Page 456 - The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life. The constitution of the family organization, which is founded in the divine ordinance, as well as in the nature of things, indicates the domestic sphere as that which properly belongs to the domain and functions of womanhood.
Page 529 - ... where such involuntary killing shall happen in the commission of an unlawful act, which in its consequences naturally tends to destroy the life of a human being, or is committed in the prosecution of a felonious intent, the offence shall be deemed and adjudged to be murder.
Page 203 - By actual possession is meant a subjection to the will and dominion of the claimant, and is usually evidenced By occupation, by a substantial inclosure, by cultivation, or by appropriate use, according to the particular locality and quality of the property.

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