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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... month is the highest legal rate of interest ; but in the winter , the monthly interest on pledges of wearing apparel is re- stricted to two per cent . , " that the poor may be able the more easily to redeem ” ( a ) . As most existing ...
... month is the highest legal rate of interest ; but in the winter , the monthly interest on pledges of wearing apparel is re- stricted to two per cent . , " that the poor may be able the more easily to redeem ” ( a ) . As most existing ...
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... months only , but as often as the stock is turned over , which is frequently done three or four times a year , with far less trouble of bookkeeping and duplicate giving than is inseparable from the smallest transaction at a pawn - shop ...
... months only , but as often as the stock is turned over , which is frequently done three or four times a year , with far less trouble of bookkeeping and duplicate giving than is inseparable from the smallest transaction at a pawn - shop ...
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... months . And similar goods belonging to Chelsea Hos- pital are protected in like manner , by two Acts of George 4 ( d ) . By the first of these , the penalty was fixed at £ 10 , but by the latter , it was increased to £ 20 for each ...
... months . And similar goods belonging to Chelsea Hos- pital are protected in like manner , by two Acts of George 4 ( d ) . By the first of these , the penalty was fixed at £ 10 , but by the latter , it was increased to £ 20 for each ...
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... months . The decision of the learned Serjeant is entirely in harmony with the doctrines already quoted from judicial authorities , and from eminent text writers , though , as will be evident from a perusal of the foregoing pages , some ...
... months . The decision of the learned Serjeant is entirely in harmony with the doctrines already quoted from judicial authorities , and from eminent text writers , though , as will be evident from a perusal of the foregoing pages , some ...
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... months after forfeiture before sending them to sale , and as an accom- modation to pawnors to allow them that addi- tional term for redemption . In such cases it has sometimes been doubted whether they are entitled to charge Pawnbrokers ...
... months after forfeiture before sending them to sale , and as an accom- modation to pawnors to allow them that addi- tional term for redemption . In such cases it has sometimes been doubted whether they are entitled to charge Pawnbrokers ...
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12 Vict 25 Vict action aforesaid agent amount Application of penalty.-Moiety apply assignees bailee bankrupt bankruptcy bill of exchange bill of lading bond fide broker charge Chattels cited 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 Owner or Owners parish where offence party Pawnbroker pawnee pawnee's pawnor payment penalty Person or Persons Pignus plaintiff pledgor poor of parish possession prove purchase real owner received recover redeem 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...