An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius, Volumes 1-2 |
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... contract made per verba de præsenti , or in words of the present , or in case of cohabitation , per verba de ( r ) R. v . St. Devereux , Burr . S. C. 506 ; 1 Bl . R. 367 , S. C. ( 8 ) Sect . 1 . ( t ) Sect . 2 . ( u ) Sect . 4 . ( x ) ...
... contract made per verba de præsenti , or in words of the present , or in case of cohabitation , per verba de ( r ) R. v . St. Devereux , Burr . S. C. 506 ; 1 Bl . R. 367 , S. C. ( 8 ) Sect . 1 . ( t ) Sect . 2 . ( u ) Sect . 4 . ( x ) ...
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... contract - such contract , therefore , must be adduced and proved . Horn v . Noel , 1 Campb . 61. But see the elaborate judgment of Sir W. Scott , in Lindo v . Belisario , 1 Hagg . ( C. ) 227. See also Goldsmid v . Bromer , 1 Hagg . ( C ...
... contract - such contract , therefore , must be adduced and proved . Horn v . Noel , 1 Campb . 61. But see the elaborate judgment of Sir W. Scott , in Lindo v . Belisario , 1 Hagg . ( C. ) 227. See also Goldsmid v . Bromer , 1 Hagg . ( C ...
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... contract , to exert themselves to the utmost to bring the ship in safety to her destined port . Natural affection , although sufficient to raise an use , is not a sufficient consideration , whereon an as- sumpsit may be founded ( p ) ...
... contract , to exert themselves to the utmost to bring the ship in safety to her destined port . Natural affection , although sufficient to raise an use , is not a sufficient consideration , whereon an as- sumpsit may be founded ( p ) ...
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... contract of the infant was merely void , and if debt had been brought against him he might have pleaded nil debet ( y ) . So where a feme covert ( z ) , carrying on business as a feme sole trader in the city of London , purchased of the ...
... contract of the infant was merely void , and if debt had been brought against him he might have pleaded nil debet ( y ) . So where a feme covert ( z ) , carrying on business as a feme sole trader in the city of London , purchased of the ...
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... contract entered into by a practising attorney ( a ) , that he would relinquish and make over to B. and G. , two other attornies , his business as an attorney , as far as respected his practice in the profession within London , and 150 ...
... contract entered into by a practising attorney ( a ) , that he would relinquish and make over to B. and G. , two other attornies , his business as an attorney , as far as respected his practice in the profession within London , and 150 ...
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Page 172 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 481 - The distinction is very clear, where mutual covenants go to the whole of the consideration on both sides, they are mutual conditions, the one precedent to the other. But where they go only to a part, where a breach may be paid for in damages, there the defendant has a remedy on his covenant, and shall not plead it as a condition precedent.
Page 140 - Acts or this Act, as to One or more of such Joint Contractors, or Executors or Administrators, shall nevertheless be entitled to recover against any other or others of the Defendants, by virtue of a new Acknowledgment or Promise, or otherwise, Judgment may be given and Costs allowed for the Plaintiff as to such Defendant or Defendants against whom he shall recover, and for the other Defendant or Defendants against the Plaintiff.
Page 575 - ... and other payments, according to the time which shall have elapsed from the commencement or last period of payment thereof respectively (as the case may be) including the day of the death of such person, or of the determination of his or her interest...
Page 173 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 493 - Variance shall appear between any Matter in Writing or in Print produced in Evidence and the Recital or setting forth thereof upon the Record...
Page 266 - ... in the same manner as if the action had been brought by and in the name of the deceased.
Page 139 - Contractor, Executor, or Administrator shall lose the Benefit of the said Enactments or either of them, so as to be chargeable in respect or by reason only of any written Acknowledgment or Promise made and signed by any other or others of them : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall alter or take away or lessen the Effect of any Payment of any Principal or Interest made by any Person whatsoever...
Page 377 - ... of any description, trinkets, bills, notes of the governor and company of the Banks of England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, or of any other bank...
Page 197 - ... or make or cause to be made either within this realm, or elsewhere, any fraudulent grant or conveyance of any of his lands, tenements, goods, or chattels...