 | Charles Viner - 1801 - 484 str.
...the moil powerful confederations to fpeak the truth; a fituation fo folemn and awful is confidercd by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is impofed by a pofitive oath impofed in a court of juftice. The other fpecies of evidence is, the examination... | |
 | Leonard MacNally - 1802 - 420 str.
...moft powerful confiderations to fpeak the truth. A fituation fo folemn and fo awful, is confidered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is impofed by a pofitive oath, adminiflered in a court of juftice. But a difficulty arifes with refpect... | |
 | Thomas Peake - 1804 - 534 str.
...moft powerful confiderations to fpeak the truth ; a iituation fo folemn, and fo awful, isT confideied by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is impofed by a pofitive oath adminiftered in a Court of Juftice;" but in cafes where the party making... | |
 | Thomas Peake - 1822 - 666 str.
...every hope of this world is gone, when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth...equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath administered in a court of justice." But in cases where the party making the declaration- is so infamous... | |
 | Thomas Peake - 1822 - 668 str.
...fenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth; a situa-^ tioii so solemn, and so awful, is considered by the law...equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath administered in a court of justice." But in cases where the party making the declaration is so infamous... | |
 | Thomas Peake - 1824 - 838 str.
...is si- chap. I. lenced, arid the mind is induced by the most powerful considera- l>y¡»g tions tu speak the truth ; a situation so solemn, and so awful,...equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath administered in a Court of Justice." But in cases where the party making the declaration is su infamous... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1828 - 836 str.
...every hope in this world is gone : when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth...equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath administered in a court of justice, (o) It is therefore evident, Deceased that declarations, though... | |
 | 1883 - 648 str.
...patient is at the point of death, and when every motive to falsehood is silenced. A situation so solemn is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that imposed by an oath in court. But in order that such 'declarations may be admitted, it is essential... | |
 | 1869 - 972 str.
...every hope of this world is gone; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth....equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath administered in a Court of justice — The King v. Woodcock (1). This principle is stated by Hul(1)... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - 1838 - 1358 str.
...every hope of this world is gone, when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth ; a situation so solemn, and so impending '«• • Iribution. awful, he observed, is considered by the law as creating an obligation... | |
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Eyre, on which this species of evidence is admitted, is "that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world Is gone, when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced... 
