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In a little time we doubled Cape Portland, a low land, covered with buflies, but of granitic ftru£lure: here is feen a vaft flat, which in tempeftuous weather we prefumed is overflowed by the fea, as it is wholly deftitute of trees, and covered with mud.
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The cuftom dues are eight per cent, on the prefumed fale price, and the aflefTment of them depends on the chief cuftom-officer.
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Of giving or transferring a Bill or Note, what good, tsi. what othcrwife, 121 to 123. what makes the gift or transfer void, 193 to 126, need not be expreifed upon a Bill or Note, 13; but is prefumed, 13. the want or illegalityof itmay be proved, 12310126.
A Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills and Promissory Notes John Bayley 1797
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It is not allowed in the temporal courts in any cafe but that of a robbtry, which being prefumed to be fecret, the party is admitted to be a witnefs for himfclf.
Ecclesiastical Law 1797
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If this principle fliould fail (and from f'uch authority I do not conceive how it is to be prefumed,) I flatter myielf that philoiophy is capable of fupplying the place in the appropriation of iome one of the fecrets with which me - chanics abound.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. cn 1796
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If the king was fo palpably opprefiive in one article, he may he prefumed to be equally fo in the reft.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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Jonesy ib» 407, And, for the fame purpofe of preventing delay, neither Plea nor Demurrer will be received after Attachment with Proclamation has iflued againft the Defendant; and fo too, a Plea muft be fct down for argument within eight days after it is filed, or it will be prefumed to be abandoned.
An Historical Treatise of a Suit in Equity: In which is Attempted a Scientific Deduction of the ... 1796
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It is prefumed to be both fa£b and advifeable for the American govern - ment to place this in the clafs of articles rated at ten per cent.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. [from old catalog] 1795
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A melius inquirendum U eftate is found, it Jhonld be prefumed only grantable on the partof the crown, that the office is 'held in fee.
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It is objected that this court has prefumed the will and codicH to be well preyed on the probate only, which has never yet been contcftcd in the proper court.
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. [1736-1754] Sanders, Francis Williams, 1769-1831, ed 1794
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