The Contract of Pawn: As it Exists at Common Law, and as Modified by the Pawnbrokers' Acts, the Factors' Acts, and Other Statutes |
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... hands of destiny ; " and among ancient decisions on this contract , the same learned author mentions ( c ) a decision of the Mufti at Constantinople , which is recorded in an ancient manuscript he had discovered at Cambridge : - " Zaid ...
... hands of destiny ; " and among ancient decisions on this contract , the same learned author mentions ( c ) a decision of the Mufti at Constantinople , which is recorded in an ancient manuscript he had discovered at Cambridge : - " Zaid ...
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... hands of the Lombard mer- chants , who , it is certain , had previously adopted the practice of taking pledges for loans , both of large and small sums of money , since by them Richard I. was accommodated with a considerable amount of ...
... hands of the Lombard mer- chants , who , it is certain , had previously adopted the practice of taking pledges for loans , both of large and small sums of money , since by them Richard I. was accommodated with a considerable amount of ...
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... hand , for money laide out and lent upon Usurie ; as now of late yeeres hathe , and is used by a number of citizens assuminge unto themselves the name of Brokers and Brokerage , as though the same were an honeste and a lawfull trade ...
... hand , for money laide out and lent upon Usurie ; as now of late yeeres hathe , and is used by a number of citizens assuminge unto themselves the name of Brokers and Brokerage , as though the same were an honeste and a lawfull trade ...
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... hands of the Goldsmiths , who thence- forward made this a part of their ordinary business ( c ) . From this beginning our present banking system took its rise . One object of the Statute of James , already cited , was " the repressinge ...
... hands of the Goldsmiths , who thence- forward made this a part of their ordinary business ( c ) . From this beginning our present banking system took its rise . One object of the Statute of James , already cited , was " the repressinge ...
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... hands of those who fulfilled these two con- ditions , ostensibly by maintaining an abundant revenue , but in reality by keeping up a constant drain upon the capital . The cashier , ( a member of the House of Commons ) , and the keeper ...
... hands of those who fulfilled these two con- ditions , ostensibly by maintaining an abundant revenue , but in reality by keeping up a constant drain upon the capital . The cashier , ( a member of the House of Commons ) , and the keeper ...
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12 Vict 25 Vict 5th edit action aforesaid agent amount Application of penalty.-Moiety apply assignees bailee bankrupt bankruptcy bill of exchange bill of lading bona fide broker charge Chattels cited Coggs committed Common Law consignee convicted Court creditor damages debt deemed default defendant deliver delivery deposited detinue doctrine duplicate entitled Equity factor given held imprisonment interest intrusted jury Justice or Justices liable lien Lord magistrate market overt ment Mode of enforcing.-Distress Monts de Piété mortgage notice obtained parish where offence party Pawnbroker pawnee pawnee's pawnor payment penalty Person or Persons plaintiff pledgor poor of parish possession prove purchase real owner received recover redemption refusal remainder to poor Roman Law sell Smith sold sooner paid 11 statute stolen Story On Bailments taken tender thereof tion trade trover unless sooner paid Usury warrant
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Page 320 - Document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse receipt or order for the delivery of goods, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business...
Page 52 - document of title" shall include any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented...
Page 2 - If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down : for that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Page 136 - Goods ; and any Person, to whom any Property shall be offered to be sold, pawned, or delivered, if he shall have reasonable Cause to suspect that any such Offence has been committed on or with respect to such Property, is...
Page 322 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable-, at the discretion of the Court, to any of the punishments which the Court may award, as hereinbefore last mentioned.
Page 320 - ... within the meaning of this act ; and any agent intrusted as aforesaid, and possessed of any such document of title, whether derived immediately from the owner of such goods, or obtained by reason of such agent's having been intrusted with the possession of the goods, or of any other document of title thereto...
Page 211 - ... contract, dealing, or transaction, or at the time of executing or levying such execution or attachment, notice of any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed...
Page 319 - Agent so intrusted as aforesaid, as well for any original Loan, Advance, or Payment made upon .the Security of such Goods or Documents, as also for any further or continuing Advance in respect thereof, and such Contract or Agreement shall be binding upon and good against the Owner of such Goods, and all other Persons interested therein, notwithstanding the Person claiming such Pledge or Lien may have had Notice that the Person with whom such Contract or Agreement is made is only an Agent.
Page 318 - ... documents, as also for any further or continuing advance in respect thereof; and such contract or agreement shall be binding upon and good against the owner of such goods, and all other persons interested therein, notwithstanding the person claiming such pledge or lien may have had notice that the person with whom such contract or agreement is made is only an agent.
Page 277 - ... the Party making the Requisition and receiving the Fugitive ; and it is by the Eleventh Article of the said Treaty further agreed, that the Tenth Article hereinbefore recited, should continue in force until one or other of the High Contracting Parties should signify its wish to terminate it, and no longer : And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made for carrying the said agreement into effect...