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... Court cannot be afterwards enforced by him in an action brought in an English Court even although the question whether the fraud had been perpetrated was investigated in the foreign Court , and it was there decided that the fraud had ...
... Court cannot be afterwards enforced by him in an action brought in an English Court even although the question whether the fraud had been perpetrated was investigated in the foreign Court , and it was there decided that the fraud had ...
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... Court of King's Bench granted the new trial . Upon this , therefore , the doctrine of courts of common law rests at the present day . case . Now , to apply this doctrine to the circumstances of the present In none of those cited does it ...
... Court of King's Bench granted the new trial . Upon this , therefore , the doctrine of courts of common law rests at the present day . case . Now , to apply this doctrine to the circumstances of the present In none of those cited does it ...
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... Court of Lisbon , from the petition of the master made to that Court , up to the sentence recording the petition , survey , and estimate , etc. Arnold and Robinson for the petition . Putting out of the present discussion the justness of ...
... Court of Lisbon , from the petition of the master made to that Court , up to the sentence recording the petition , survey , and estimate , etc. Arnold and Robinson for the petition . Putting out of the present discussion the justness of ...
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... Court to proceed upon such bonds : and numerous instances are pro- duced in a list that has been looked up since this question was first agitated , in which money has been paid out of the Court on bonds enforced against the cargo . On ...
... Court to proceed upon such bonds : and numerous instances are pro- duced in a list that has been looked up since this question was first agitated , in which money has been paid out of the Court on bonds enforced against the cargo . On ...
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... Court of Admiralty , in the circumstances of the case to lead to it , as it was a case of a suit against the ship only , for a cable and anchor supplied in the Thames by merchants of this town . Whether it was a dictum of the Court , or ...
... Court of Admiralty , in the circumstances of the case to lead to it , as it was a case of a suit against the ship only , for a cable and anchor supplied in the Thames by merchants of this town . Whether it was a dictum of the Court , or ...
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Page 301 - But a holder who derives his title through a holder in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such former holder in respect of all parties prior to the latter.
Page 300 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 706 - All goods, being at the commencement of the bankruptcy in the possession, order, or disposition of the bankrupt, in his trade or business, by the consent and permission of the true owner, under such circumstances that he is the reputed owner thereof...
Page 538 - The advance of money by way of loan to a person engaged or about to engage in any business on a contract with that person that the lender shall receive a rate of interest varying with the profits...
Page 301 - Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words ' not negotiable, ' he shall not have, and shall not be capable of giving, a better title to the cheque than that which the person from whom he took it had.
Page 539 - In the event of any such trader as aforesaid being adjudged a bankrupt, or taking the benefit of any Act for the relief of insolvent debtors...
Page 280 - ... behalf of the owner of the property, or his executor or administrator, and convicted thereof, in such case 'the property shall be restored to the owner or his representative ; and...
Page 659 - The duties of the holder with respect to presentment for acceptance or payment, and the necessity for or sufficiency of a protest or notice of dishonour, or otherwise, are determined by the law of the place where the act is done, or the bill is dishonoured.
Page 301 - ... fide taken or received by transfer or delivery, by some person or body corporate, for a just and valuable consideration, without any notice, or without any reasonable cause to suspect that the same had by any felony or misdemeanor been stolen, taken, obtained, extorted, embezzled, converted, or disposed of, in such case the court shall not award or order the restitution of such security...
Page 659 - Kingdom, it may, for the purpose of enforcing payment thereof, be treated as valid as between all persons who negotiate, hold, or become parties to it in the United Kingdom.