[270]. In re Dean, 41 Ch. D. 557.
[271]. 5 Co. Rep 125 a: R. v. Labouchere, 12 Q. B. D. 320; Stephen’s Digest of Criminal Law, sect. 291. 5th ed.
[272]. 7 Co. Rep. 8 b. Compare D. 1. 5. 26: Qui in utero sunt in toto paene jure civili intelleguntur in rerum natura esse.
[273]. The George and Richard, L. R. 3 Ad. and Ecc. 466.
[274]. R. v. Senior, 1 Moody, C. C. 344; R. v. West, 2 Car. and Kir. 784.
[275]. Walker v. Great Northern Ry. Co. of Ireland, 28 L. R. Ir. 69.
[276]. The maxim of the law is: Quum duo jura in una persona concurrunt, aequum est ac si essent in duobus. Calvin’s Case, 2 State Trials 584. Coppin v. Coppin, 2 P. W. 295.
[277]. D. 8. 2. 26.
[278]. German writers term it the substratum or Unterlage of the fictitious person. Windscheid, I. sect. 57. Vangerow, I. sect. 53. Puchta, II. 192.
[279]. Co. Litt. 2. a.