 | Law - 1862 - 722 pages
...danger tobe apprehended must be real and appreciable, with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the ordinary course of things — not a danger of...and barely possible contingency, so improbable that DO reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct. We think that a merely «remote and naked... | |
 | Law - 1896 - 866 pages
...probable danger, with reference to the ordinary operations of the law in the ordinary courts, but " a danger of an imaginary and unsubstantial character,...reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct." Such dangers it was never the object of the provision to obviate. A very curious condition is found... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1874 - 880 pages
...apprehended by the witness must be " real and appreciable with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the ordinary course of things, not a danger of an...that no reasonable man would suffer it to influence bis conduct," for such a possibility should not be suffered to obstruct the administration of justice.1... | |
 | Sir William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1877 - 900 pages
...to be apprehended must be real and appreciable, with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the ordinary course of things, — not a danger of...reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct. A merely remote and naked possibility, out of the ordinary course of law, such as no reasonable man... | |
 | Clarence John Peile - Court rules - 1883 - 334 pages
...and appreciable with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the ordinary course of things, and not a danger of an imaginary and unsubstantial character,...reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct (o) ; the question is, Is there practically any reason to anticipate such a danger? (p). (i) Ex parte... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Herbert Francis Manisty, Charles Francis Cagney - Legal maxims - 1884 - 1078 pages
...and appreciable with reference to the ordinary operation of law in the ordinary course of •tilings, not a danger of an imaginary and unsubstantial •character...reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct," for such a possibility should not be suffered to obstruct the .administration of justice (/). And,... | |
 | Ephraim Arnold Jacob - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 890 pages
...the ordinary operation of law in the ordinary course «if things; not a danger of an imaginary nnd an unsubstantial character, having reference to some...reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct, lb. On the trial of an information for bribery, filed by the Attorney-General by the direction of the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1156 pages
...not a danger of an imaginary or unsubstantial character, having reference to some extraordinary and possible contingency, so improbable that no reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct. A merely remote and naked possibility, out of the ordinary course of the law, and such as no reasonable... | |
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... a danger of an imaginary and unsubstantial character, having reference to some extraordinary and barely possible contingency, so improbable that no reasonable man would suffer it to influence his conduct. 
