Example sentences of "so far [conj] the [adj] law " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as the civil law was concerned , heirs inherited liability to pay debts in equal shares ; the maxim nomina ipso iure divisa is familiar . |
| 2 | Equally , so far as the civil law was concerned , a request phrased in terms of a trust to one of the heirs to pay all debts would be ineffective . |
| 3 | Simple instances , on the other hand , are those in which the clause seems to have been adopted to cover the eventuality that there may be some defect in the will so far as the civil law is concerned . |
| 4 | He was relying on the earlier case of Nichol v Martyn [ 1799 ] 2 Esp 732 , but in Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith [ 1935 ] 2 KB 80 Maugham LJ cast doubt on both those judgments and so far as the modern law is concerned they should not be relied on to the extent that they indicate the employee can canvass or issue circulars to customers of his employer before he leaves . |
| 5 | Mr. Ashworth and Mr. Harvey McGregor none the less submit that , so far as the common law of England is concerned , the position crystallised with the latest actual decision in the United Kingdom before the enactment of the Act of 1976 , that is the decision in 1891 of a Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division in Ireland in Walker v. Great Northern Railway Co. of Ireland ( 1891 ) 28 L.R.Ir. 69 . |
| 6 | Thorpe J. having held that ‘ there is no doubt at all that J. is a child of sufficient understanding to make an informed decision , ’ I shall assume that , so far as the common law is concerned , Lord Scarman would have decided that neither the local authority nor W. 's aunt , both of whom had parental responsibilities , could give consent to treatment which would be effective in the face of W. 's refusal of consent . |
| 7 | So far as the common law rules are concerned … they are anachronistic and an over technical mass of exceptions and nice distinctions . |