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Imperialism and Human Rights: Colonial Discourses of Rights and Liberties in ... - Page 59
by Bonny Ibhawoh - 2008 - 242 pages
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Hertslet's Commercial Treaties: A Collection of Treaties and ..., Volume 27

Great Britain. Foreign Office - Commercial treaties - 1917 - 1316 pages
...far as the same shall not extend or apply shall be exercised in conformity with the substance of the common law, the doctrines of equity and the statutes of general application in force in England on the 7th day of July, 1897, and with the powers vested in and according to the procedure...
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A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Volume 3

Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas - Great Britain - 1894 - 400 pages
...administered is, in addition to the ordinances of the local legislature and native laws and customs, 'the Common law, the doctrines of Equity, and the Statutes of general application which were in force in England at the date when the colony obtained a local legislature, that is to...
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A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Volume 3

Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas - Great Britain - 1900 - 352 pages
...administered is, in addition to the ordinances of the local legislature and native laws and customs, ' the Common law, the doctrines of Equity, and the Statutes of general application which were in force in England at the date when the colony obtained a local legislature, that is to...
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Orders in Council and Proclamations

Nigeria, Northern. Compilations - 1905 - 844 pages
...the Court. 8. Subject to the terms of tliis or any other Proclamation made for the Protectorate, the Common Law, the Doctrines of Equity, and the Statutes of general application which were in force in England on the first of January, 1900, shall so far as applicable, be in force...
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Colonial Laws and Courts: With a Sketch of the Legal Systems of the World ...

William Burge, Alexander Wood Renton, George Grenville Phillimore - Courts - 1907 - 460 pages
...Executive Council (r). Law in Force. — Except in so far as amended by the local legislature, the common law, the doctrines of equity and the statutes of general application which were in force in England at the date when the islands were settled (July llth, 1612), are declared...
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Burge's Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws Generally: And ..., Volume 1

William Burge - Comparative law - 1907 - 476 pages
...Executive Council (r). Law in Force. — Except in so far as amended by the local legislature, the common law, the doctrines of equity and the statutes of general application which were in force in England at the date when the islands were settled (July llth, 161'2), are declared...
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The Colonial Office List for ...

Great Britain. Colonial Office - Great Britain - 1905 - 738 pages
...court^ of appeal in each colony was passed in 1888. Law and Jiistift. The Law of the Colony is the Common law, the doctrines of equity, and the statutes of general application in force in England, on the 24th July. 1874, modified by a large number of local Ordinances jiassed at...
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The Colonial Office List for ..., Volume 64

Great Britain. Colonial Office - Great Britain - 1925 - 1078 pages
...applied to a particular municipality by Order-in-Council. Law and Justice. The Law of the Colony is the Common law, the doctrines of equity, and the statutes of general application in force in England, on the 24th July, 18i4, modified by a large number of Local Ordinances passed at...
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The Northern Tribes of Nigeria: An Ethnographical Account of the ..., Volume 1

Charles Kingsley Meek - Blacks - 1925 - 432 pages
...jurisdiction, and each Resident has a Provincial Court, of which his district officers are commissioners. The common law, the doctrines of equity, and the statutes of general application which were in force in England on the first of January, 1900, are in force within the jurisdiction...
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Burge's Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws Generally: And ..., Volume 1

William Burge, Alexander Wood Renton - Colonies - 1907 - 474 pages
...its relationship to the Colony. Law in Force. — In both Northern (/) and Southern (g) Nigeria the common law, the doctrines of equity, and the statutes of general application in force in England on January 1st, 1900, apply. Native custom is to be regarded in proceedings between...
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