Principles of the Common Law: An Elementary Work Intended for the Use of Students and the Profession |
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... means of references to the text , By W. GREGORY WALKER , B.A. , of Lincoln's Inn , Barrister - at - Law , Author of " The Partition Acts , 1868 and 1876 ; a Mannal of the Law of Partition and of Sale in Lieu of Partition . " One Volume ...
... means of references to the text , By W. GREGORY WALKER , B.A. , of Lincoln's Inn , Barrister - at - Law , Author of " The Partition Acts , 1868 and 1876 ; a Mannal of the Law of Partition and of Sale in Lieu of Partition . " One Volume ...
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... , which , ( c ) A first attempt at codification of one branch of the law has been now made by the Bills of Exchange Act , 1882 ( 45 & 46 Vict . c . 61 ) . damno . Damnum sine injuria . plainly expressed , means that when INTRODUCTION . 3.
... , which , ( c ) A first attempt at codification of one branch of the law has been now made by the Bills of Exchange Act , 1882 ( 45 & 46 Vict . c . 61 ) . damno . Damnum sine injuria . plainly expressed , means that when INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... means that when a person has suf- fered what in the eyes of the law is looked upon as a legal injury , he must have a corresponding right of action , even though he has suffered no harm . This is illustrated by the well - known case of ...
... means that when a person has suf- fered what in the eyes of the law is looked upon as a legal injury , he must have a corresponding right of action , even though he has suffered no harm . This is illustrated by the well - known case of ...
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... means that when necessary to prove a contract of record the mere pro- duction thereof is sufficient proof , and this is always their proper mode of proof ; so that when there is an issue of nul tiel record ( no such record ) , either ...
... means that when necessary to prove a contract of record the mere pro- duction thereof is sufficient proof , and this is always their proper mode of proof ; so that when there is an issue of nul tiel record ( no such record ) , either ...
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... means here valuable ) consideration , and bona fide to some person without notice of the fraud . The mere fact of any conveyance or assignment being voluntary will not necessarily render it bad under this ( q ) This definition is ...
... means here valuable ) consideration , and bona fide to some person without notice of the fraud . The mere fact of any conveyance or assignment being voluntary will not necessarily render it bad under this ( q ) This definition is ...
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Page 139 - 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 82 - By the seventeenth section, it is enacted that " no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of £,10 sterling, or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 40 - Lord one thousand six hundred seventy and seven, all leases, estates, interests of freehold, or terms of years, or any uncertain interest of , in, to or out of any messuages, manors, lands, tenements or hereditaments, made or created by livery and seisin only, or by parol, and not put in writing, and signed by the parties so making or creating the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only...
Page 408 - upon all debts or sums certain payable at a certain time or otherwise, the jury on the trial of any issue, or on any inquisition of damages, may, if they shall think fit, allow interest to the creditor at a rate not exceeding the current rate of interest, from the time when such debts or sums certain were payable, if such debts or sums be payable by virtue of some written instrument at a certain time...
Page 271 - ... no tradesman, artificer, workman, labourer, or other person whatsoever shall do or exercise any worldly labour, business or work of their ordinary callings, upon the Lord's Day, or any part thereof (works of necessity and charity only excepted...
Page 379 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has the charge or control of any signal, points, locomotive engine, or train upon a railway...
Page 197 - That no action shall be maintained whereby to charge any person upon any promise made, after full age, to pay any debt contracted during infancy, or upon any ratification, after full age...
Page 33 - REPORTS OF THE DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES FOR THE TRIAL OF ELECTION PETITIONS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. PURSUANT TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. ACT, 1868. BY EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY AND HENRY HARDCASTLE.
Page 197 - All contracts, whether by specialty or by simple contract, henceforth entered into by infants for the repayment of money lent or to be lent, or for goods supplied or to be supplied (other than contracts for necessaries ) , and all accounts stated with infants, shall be absolutely void...
Page 41 - The fourth section enacts that after the date there mentioned "no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate...