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Page ix
... between legal and equitable estates not destroyed by the Judicature Act - Conveyances by one person to himself and another , and between husband and wife under the Conveyancing Act 16-21 CHAPTER IV . ESTATES FOR LIFE . Nature of -
... between legal and equitable estates not destroyed by the Judicature Act - Conveyances by one person to himself and another , and between husband and wife under the Conveyancing Act 16-21 CHAPTER IV . ESTATES FOR LIFE . Nature of -
Page xiii
... wife's contracts - Decision of the House of Lords in Debenham v . Mellon - Pin money - Equity to settlement- Paraphernalia - Fraud on marital rights - Acknowledgment of deeds by married women - Sect . 39 of Conveyancing Act , 1881 ...
... wife's contracts - Decision of the House of Lords in Debenham v . Mellon - Pin money - Equity to settlement- Paraphernalia - Fraud on marital rights - Acknowledgment of deeds by married women - Sect . 39 of Conveyancing Act , 1881 ...
Page xvii
... wife- Decision as to 341-345 .. .. BUSINESS OF THE COURTS . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER as to the changes in law and practice which have been introduced by the Judicature Acts and Rules 346-359 BOOK III . CONTRACTS . CHAPTER I. DIFFERENT ...
... wife- Decision as to 341-345 .. .. BUSINESS OF THE COURTS . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER as to the changes in law and practice which have been introduced by the Judicature Acts and Rules 346-359 BOOK III . CONTRACTS . CHAPTER I. DIFFERENT ...
Page cxxvi
... Wife has been previously considered in connection with Property ( p . 210 , et seq . ) ; Contracts ( p . 389 , et seq . ) ; Torts ( p . 442 , et seq . ) ; and the Custody of Children ( p . 608 , et seq . ) . It is now ( p . 1008 , et ...
... Wife has been previously considered in connection with Property ( p . 210 , et seq . ) ; Contracts ( p . 389 , et seq . ) ; Torts ( p . 442 , et seq . ) ; and the Custody of Children ( p . 608 , et seq . ) . It is now ( p . 1008 , et ...
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... wife seised of gavelkind lands , whether he had issue or not , but only to a moiety ; and this right ceases on his marrying again . Another marked peculiarity of this tenure is that an infant of the age of fifteen years can alienate by ...
... wife seised of gavelkind lands , whether he had issue or not , but only to a moiety ; and this right ceases on his marrying again . Another marked peculiarity of this tenure is that an infant of the age of fifteen years can alienate by ...
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45 Vict 54 Vict 9 Ch apply assigns bankruptcy Beav charge chattels common law considered contract convey Conveyancing Act copyholds Court of Appeal covenant custom death debts decided deed devise easements entitled equitable estate estate in fee estate tail executed executors exercise expressed fee simple feoffment freehold gavelkind gift grant heirs held hereditaments husband instrument intention interest joint tenants L. J. Ch landlord lease leaseholds legacy lessee liability limited Lord manor marriage married woman Married Women's Property ment mortgage mortgagor notice owner parties payment personal estate personal property possession provides purchaser Railway real estate Real Property recitals rent rule rule against perpetuities sect Settled Land Act settlement settlor Sir George Jessel Smith solicitor statute tenant in tail tenements tenure term thereof tion trust unless vendor vested void wife words
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Page 358 - ... 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, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 433 - We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 387 - For no country ever takes notice of the revenue laws of another. " <The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say. The principle of public policy...
Page 359 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds 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 259 - 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 429 - A married woman shall be capable of entering into and rendering herself liable in respect of and to the extent of her separate property on any contract, and of suing and being sued, either in contract or in tort, or otherwise, in all respects as if she were a feme sole...
Page 408 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 475 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer to whose orders or directions the workman at the time of the injury was bound to conform, and did conform, where such injury resulted from his having so conformed...
Page 246 - Where a mercantile agent is, with the consent of the owner, in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods any sale, pledge or other disposition of the goods made by him, when acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be as valid as if he were expressly authorized by the owner of the goods to make the same...
Page 456 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.