The Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia, Sir William Young

Richard Nugent, 1851 - 578 pages

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OF THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERN	2

Of bribery and treating at elections	8

Of scrutinies	20

Of vacating seats	26

Of the board of revenue	35

Of the importation of goods	43

Of the warehousing of goods	52

Of the exportation of goods and of drawbacks	55

TITLE XXIV	278

TITLE XXVI	285

TITLE XXVII	287

Of public markets	288

Of fires and firewards	289

Of the discharge of firearms and fireworks	295

Of the transportation of gunpowder	296

Of the conveying of timber and lumber on rivers and the removal of obstruc tions therefrom	297

CHAPTER 19	62

TITLE IV	74

TITLE V	85

Of Sable Island and the light houses	91

Of the militia	100

Of billetting the troops and militia	114

TITLE X	124

TITLE XII	130

Of sheriffs	131

Of county assessments	137

Of suits against absent or absconding debtors	142

Of jails and other county buildings	143

CHAPTER	146

TITLE XIV	148

TITLE XV	154

Of rabid animals	157

TITLE XVII	163

Of laying out roads other than certain great roads	175

Of commissioners of streets	182

Of highway labor in the city of Halifax	188

Of the preservation of roads	194

Of railroads	200

Of ferries	203

Of commons	211

Of wrecks and wrecked goods	221

Of partnerships	233

Of mills and millers	240

Of weights and measures	257

Of agricultural corporations 203	263

Of poor districts	270

Of madmen and vagrants	299

Of stray horses and cattle	300

Of the going at large of infected cattle and of dogs and vicious animals and geese	302

Of coasting on highways	303

PART II	304

Of estates tail	305

TITLE XXIX	309

Of the descent of real and personal estate	314

TITLE XXX	317

Of the sale of lands to satisfy execution debts	319

Of suits by and against executors and administrators	323

TITLE XXXII	326

PART III	333

Of the probate court	339

Of the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in civil cases	354

Of barristers and attornies	364

Of witnesses and evidence and the proof of written documents	386

Of the relief of insolvent debtors	394

Of forcible entry and detainer	405

CHAPTER 146	416

Of the protection of justices of the peace	422

TITLE XXXVIII	428

PART IV	443

Of offences against the person	449

Of forgery and offences relating to the coin	456

TITLE XLI	463

Of the duties of justices of the peace in criminal matters	476

OF THE REPEAL OF STATUTES REVISED AND CONSOLIDATED	499

OF TILE REPEAL OF STATUTES REVISED AND CONSOLIDATED	531

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Title	The Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia
Authors	Nova Scotia, Sir William Young
Edition	4
Publisher	Richard Nugent, 1851
Length	578 pages

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