 | Arbitration (International law) - 1837 - 558 pages
...meet him, and was prevailed upon to do so only by his importunity ; or that it was his intent merely to vindicate his reputation ; or that he meant not...the consequences." Such is the law of England ; but duels are still fought there with frequent impunity. In our own laws on this subject, there is considerable... | |
 | Religion - 1837 - 404 pages
...struck by the deceased ; or that he had often declined to meet him, and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity ; or that it was his intent only...has deliberately engaged in an act highly unlawful, in defiance of the laws, and he must at his peril abide the consequences." " In all possible cases,"... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 642 pages
...first struck by the deceased ; or that he had often declined to meet him, and was prevailed upon to do so by his importunity ; or that it was his intent...duels ; and the parties concerned in them often come orF with impunity. In the U. States, there is a very considerable diversity in the laws of the difierent... | |
 | Religion - 1838 - 790 pages
...struck by the deceased ; or that he had often declined to meet him, and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity ; or that it was his intent only...has deliberately engaged in an act highly unlawful, in defiance of the laws, and he must at his peril abide the consequences." " In all possible cases,"... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1840 - 908 pages
...declined to meet him, but was prevailed upon by his importunity, or that it was his intention onry to vindicate his reputation, or that he meant not to kill, but only to disarm his adversary, for since he deliberately engaged in an act highly unlawful, he must at his peril abide the consequences.... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - Criminal law - 1841 - 834 pages
...struck by the deceased ; or that he had often declined to meet him, and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity ; or that it was his intent only...reputation; or that he meant not to kill, but only to disable his adversary.(ui) And wherever there is an act of deliberation, and a meeting by compact,... | |
 | Camden Pelham - Crime - 1841 - 710 pages
...struck first by the deceased, or that he had often declined to meet him, and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity, or that it was his intent only...his reputation — or that he meant not to kill, but to disarm his adversary — for since he deliberately engaged in an act highly unlawful, in defiance... | |
 | James Thomas Brudenell Earl of Cardigan - Criminal intent - 1841 - 140 pages
...meet him, " and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity, or B 2 " that it was his only intent to vindicate his reputation, " or that he meant not to kill, but only to disarm " his adversary; for, since he deliberately engaged in " an act highly unlawful, in defiance of the laws, he " must,... | |
 | James Thomas Brudenell Earl of Cardigan - Criminal intent - 1841 - 136 pages
...meet him, " and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity, or B 2 " that it was his only intent to vindicate his reputation, " or that he meant not to kill, but only to disarm " his adversary; for, since he deliberately engaged in " an act highly unlawful, in defiance of the laws, he " must,... | |
 | Law - 1841 - 522 pages
...prevailed upon by his importunity ; or that it wus his intent only to vindicate his reputation ; er that he meant not to kill, but only to disarm, his adversary; for since he deliberately engaged in an act highly unlawful, in defiance of the laws, he must at his... | |
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... on a precedent quarrel, and one of them is killed, the other is guilty of murder, and cannot help himself by alleging that he was first struck by the deceased, or that he had often declined to meet him, and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity,... 
