 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 386 pages
...Chancery. The court has also the power of granting an order — as is the * By 32 & 33 Viet., c. 68, s. 3, the parties to any proceeding instituted In consequence...adultery, and the husbands and wives of such parties, are now competent to give evidence In sach proceeding. case with some of the inferior magisterial jurisdictions... | |
 | Herbert Broom - 1874 - 880 pages
...compellable to disclose any communication made to her by her husband during the marriage." Further, "the parties to any proceeding instituted in consequence...adultery, and the husbands and wives of such parties," are now, by the stat. 32 & 33 Viet. c. 68, s. 3, " competent to give evidence in such proceeding."... | |
 | John Wade - 1874 - 1018 pages
...connection has not been лшлт mated. The Evidence Further Amendment Act, 1869, has now provided that the parties to any proceeding instituted in consequence...adultery, and the husbands and wives of such parties, fbail be competent to givt- evidence, but no witness is liable to be isked whether he or she has committed... | |
 | 1874 - 682 pages
...which is in use in proofs in the Court of Session. Section 2 enacts that parties to any proceedings instituted in consequence of adultery, and the husbands and wives of such parties, shall be competent witnesses in such proceeding. But no witness shall be bound to answer any question tending to show... | |
 | George Biller - 1876 - 136 pages
...afterwards it was provided by the 3rd section of the "Evidence Further Amendment Act, 186g," that " The parties to any proceeding instituted in consequence..." competent to give evidence in such proceeding." Whether being made competent to give evidence on one side, they are therefore compellable to give evidence... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1876 - 762 pages
...consequence of adultery "(I), is repealed(m), and the 3rd section of the first-mentioned Act provides that the parties to any proceeding instituted in consequence...such parties, shall be competent to give evidence, provided that no witness, whether a party to the suit or not, shall be bound to answer any question... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1876 - 996 pages
...consequence of adultery," (/) is repealed, (;«) and the 3rd section of the firstmentioned Act provides that the parties to any proceeding instituted in consequence...such parties, shall be competent to give evidence, (h) Eailev, Ex parti, 6 Dowl. PC 311 (K] Skelton v. Springett, II CB 452. (0 Id Abinger. Mortimore... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1878 - 968 pages
...Parliament, it was not surprising that the Legislature determined to exclude from their .operation the parties to any proceeding instituted in consequence...adultery, and the husbands and wives of such parties. Obvious reasons would occur to any man, why defendants in these suits should not be exposed to the... | |
 | William Ernst Browning - 1879 - 418 pages
...her part. Evidence The Evidence Further Amendment Act, 1869, 6 enacting parties. that th e P ar ties to any proceeding instituted in consequence of adultery,...be competent to give evidence in such proceeding, much facilitates the proof or disproof of the alleged adultery. But it is provided that no witness... | |
 | John Indermaur - 1880 - 548 pages
...some other material evidence in support of such promise (/) : and that the parties to any proceedings instituted in consequence of adultery, and the husbands and wives of such parties, shall be com(x) 17 & 18 Viet. c. 125, s. 24. ('/) Powell's Evidence, 35. (z) 6 & 7 Viet. c. 85. (a) Sect. 1.... | |
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The parties to any proceeding instituted in consequence of adultery, and the husbands and wives of such parties, shall be competent to give evidence in such proceeding... 
