 | New Brunswick - 1854 - Počet stránok 544
...has no tendency to accuse himself or to expose him to penalty or forfeiture of any nature whatsoever, by reason only or on the sole ground that the answering...subject to a civil suit either at the instance of Her Majesty or of any other person or persons. 46. Throughout this Act, in the construction thereof,... | |
 | Edmund Powell - 1856 - Počet stránok 374
...Catet v. Hardacre, 3 Taunt. 424. by law, refuse to answer a question relevant to the matter at issue, on the sole ground that the answering of such question...subject to a civil suit, either at the instance of Her Majesty, or of any other persons or persons. • It has always been disputed whether a witness... | |
 | Natal Colony (South Africa) - 1856 - Počet stránok 628
...no tendency to accuse himself, or to expose him to penalty or forfeiture of any nature whatsoever, by reason only, or on the sole ground, that the answering...question may establish, or tend to .establish, that he debt, or is otherwise subject to a civil suit, either at the instance of His Majesty, or of any other... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1858 - Počet stránok 934
...no tendency to accuse himself, or to expose him to penalty or forfeiture of any nature whatsoever, by reason only, or on the sole ground, that the answering...establish, or tend to establish, that he owes a debt, or is othewise subject to a civil suit, either at the instance of the Crown, or of any other person or persons."... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - Počet stránok 778
...tendency to accuse, himself or to expose him to a penalty or forfeiture, by reason only that the answer to such question may establish, or tend to establish, that he owes a debt or is subject to a civil suit. This statute was passed because upon a point which arose at lord Melville's... | |
 | Josiah William Smith - 1862 - Počet stránok 466
...Powell, 68, 70.) But a witness cannot refuse to answer a question on the ground that it may tend to show that he owes a debt, or is otherwise subject to a civil suit. (Best, 179 ; Powell, 70.) A person is incompetent to give evidence PART IV. while non compos mentis.... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - Počet stránok 1510
...no tendency to accuse himself, or to expose him to a penalty or forfeiture of any nature whatsoever, by reason only, or on the sole ground, that the answering...owes a debt, or is otherwise subject to a civil suit. This act, as a statute, of course has no authority here, but as strictly a declaratory law it is entitled... | |
 | Josiah William Smith - 1864 - Počet stránok 548
...forfeiture. But a witness cannot refuse to answer a question on the ground that it may tend to show that he owes a debt, or is otherwise subject to a civil suit. (Best, 169-179; Powell, 68, 70; Rose. 144; 46 Geo. III. c. 37.) tion. penalty, ro"'|£iem~ -^ P erson... | |
 | 1865 - Počet stránok 934
...tendency to accuse himself or to expose him to any penalty or forfeiture of any nature whatsoever, by reason only, or on the sole ground that the answering...may establish, or tend to establish, that he owes n debt, or is otherwise subject to a civil suit." [COCKBURN, CJ — I am inclined to think that that... | |
 | Edmund Robert Daniell - 1865 - Počet stránok 960
...to expose him to a penalty or forfeiture of any nature whatever,) on the ground that the answering such question may establish or tend to establish that...a debt, or is otherwise" subject to a civil suit." Until recently this objection, though not valid to an ordinary witness, was valid to a party of the... | |
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a witness cannot by law refuse to answer a question relevant to the matter in issue, the answering of which has no tendency to accuse himself or to expose him to penalty or forfeiture of any nature... 
