The Student's Statutes: Being the Principal Provisions of Some of the More General Acts of Parliament : with Notes of Important Decisions Thereon : Especially Designed for the Use of Students of English Law, Volume 424 |
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... present- acceptance is necessary in order to fix the maturity of the instru- ment for accept- ment . ( 2. ) Where a bill expressly stipulates that it shall be pre- sented for acceptance , or where a bill is drawn payable elsewhere than ...
... present- acceptance is necessary in order to fix the maturity of the instru- ment for accept- ment . ( 2. ) Where a bill expressly stipulates that it shall be pre- sented for acceptance , or where a bill is drawn payable elsewhere than ...
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... present- ment , as required by this Act , cannot be effected . The fact that the holder has reason to believe that the bill will , on presentment , be dishonoured , does not dispense with the necessity for presentment . ( b . ) Where ...
... present- ment , as required by this Act , cannot be effected . The fact that the holder has reason to believe that the bill will , on presentment , be dishonoured , does not dispense with the necessity for presentment . ( b . ) Where ...
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... present the bill for payment on the day that it matures . ( 3. ) In order to render the acceptor of a bill liable it ... presents it for payment , he shall exhibit the bill to the person from whom he demands payment , and when a bill is ...
... present the bill for payment on the day that it matures . ( 3. ) In order to render the acceptor of a bill liable it ... presents it for payment , he shall exhibit the bill to the person from whom he demands payment , and when a bill is ...
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... present , future , or contingent debt or advance , and whereby any rent is reserved or made payable as a mode of providing for the payment of interest on such debt , or advance , or otherwise for the purpose of such security only ...
... present , future , or contingent debt or advance , and whereby any rent is reserved or made payable as a mode of providing for the payment of interest on such debt , or advance , or otherwise for the purpose of such security only ...
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... present beneficial interest in freehold or copyhold lands may grant , convey , or enfranchise , by way given under Act . of gift , sale , or exchange , in fee simple or for a term of years , acre may be Cesser of usage . Equitable ...
... present beneficial interest in freehold or copyhold lands may grant , convey , or enfranchise , by way given under Act . of gift , sale , or exchange , in fee simple or for a term of years , acre may be Cesser of usage . Equitable ...
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Popular passages
Page 31 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 385 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
Page 9 - But if any such instrument, after completion, is negotiated to a holder in due course, it is valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up...
Page 7 - Where an instrument expressed to be payable at a fixed period after date is issued undated, or where the acceptance of an instrument payable at a fixed period after sight is undated, any holder may insert therein the true date of issue or acceptance, and the instrument shall be payable accordingly.
Page 400 - A mandamus or an injunction may be granted or a Roceive™ receiver appointed by an interlocutory order of the court in all cases in which it shall appear to the court to be just or convenient that such order should be made...
Page 210 - Notice in respect of an injury under this Act shall give the name and address of the person injured, and shall state in ordinary language the cause of the injury and the date at which it was sustained...
Page 12 - That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Page 7 - On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event, which is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the event does not cure the defect.
Page 20 - Where the instrument has been dishonored in the hands of an agent, he may either himself give notice to the parties liable thereon, or he may give notice to his principal. If he give notice to his principal, he must do so within the same time as if he were the holder, and the principal upon the receipt of such notice has himself the same time for giving notice as if the agent had been an independent holder.
Page 20 - Delay in making presentment for payment is excused when the delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder, and not imputable to his default, misconduct or negligence. When the cause of delay ceases to operate, presentment must be made with reasonable diligence.