A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange: Promissory Notes, Bank-notes, Bankers' Cash-notes, and Checks |
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... debt to a third person , who carried the letter , and happening to be travelling to the place where the debtor resided . It was discovered by experi- ence , that this mode of payment was extremely convenient to all par- ties ; to the ...
... debt to a third person , who carried the letter , and happening to be travelling to the place where the debtor resided . It was discovered by experi- ence , that this mode of payment was extremely convenient to all par- ties ; to the ...
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... debts in the most convenient , extensive , and effectual manner ; but the value of a debt was improved by being authenticated in a bill of exchange , for it was thus reduceed to a certain amount , which the debtor , having accepted ...
... debts in the most convenient , extensive , and effectual manner ; but the value of a debt was improved by being authenticated in a bill of exchange , for it was thus reduceed to a certain amount , which the debtor , having accepted ...
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... Debt of a third Person 96 • 92 A judgment debt 97 . 93 Moral Obligation 97 · tion comes in Question 97 94 Failure of Consideration 98 . 95 · 95 96 Notice of Absence of Consideration 98 Partial absence , or Failure of Consi- . deration ...
... Debt of a third Person 96 • 92 A judgment debt 97 . 93 Moral Obligation 97 · tion comes in Question 97 94 Failure of Consideration 98 . 95 · 95 96 Notice of Absence of Consideration 98 Partial absence , or Failure of Consi- . deration ...
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... Debt Where the Charge is not for the Loan but for the Labour of the Lender • 244 244 . 244 · . 244 245 • € 245 • 245 246 • 246 There must be a corrupt intention 247 Hazard of the Principal Money Advance of Goods 242 • 242 • 243 243 ...
... Debt Where the Charge is not for the Loan but for the Labour of the Lender • 244 244 . 244 · . 244 245 • € 245 • 245 246 • 246 There must be a corrupt intention 247 Hazard of the Principal Money Advance of Goods 242 • 242 • 243 243 ...
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... DEBT OUT OF THE STAT- Of what sort the Acknowledgment must be When acknowledgment must be 276 • . 277 277 281 . 281 ... Debts . • 288 Legal • 288 Subsisting Actually Due . • . 289 289 · • 289 . 289 . 290 Statutes Permissive , not ...
... DEBT OUT OF THE STAT- Of what sort the Acknowledgment must be When acknowledgment must be 276 • . 277 277 281 . 281 ... Debts . • 288 Legal • 288 Subsisting Actually Due . • . 289 289 · • 289 . 289 . 290 Statutes Permissive , not ...
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Common terms and phrases
acceptance acceptor accommodation bill act of bankruptcy action aforesaid afterwards agent amount assignees assumpsit Bank of England banker bankrupt Bayley bill drawn bill of exchange bill or note bills and notes Bing Branch Bank Camp consideration contract copartnership Court Courts of equity creditor debt debtor defendant demand discharge Dowl drawer East entitled equity evidence exceeding Exch foreign bill fraud further enacted given governor and company Hamp held holder Ibid indorser inland bill instrument interest issued Jones judgment liable Lord Ellenborough maker ment negotiable negotiable instrument note payable notice of dishonour paid partner party payable to bearer payee payment person or persons plaintiff plea pleaded present principal promise to pay promissory note proved Q. B. Rep received recover Scott set-off Smedes Smith stamp Stark statute sufficient supra protest surety Taunt thereof tion transfer unless usurious Vict void
Popular passages
Page 595 - ... or over which such person shall at the time of entering up such judgment, or at any time afterwards, have any disposing power which he might without the assent of any other person exercise for his own benefit...
Page 593 - Act, no warrant of attorney to confess judgment in any personal action, or cognovit actionem given by any person, shall be of any force, unless there shall be present some attorney of one of the Superior Courts on behalf of such person, expressly named by him, and attending at his request, to inform him of the nature and effect of such warrant or cognovit before the same is executed; which attorney shall subscribe his name as a witness to the due execution thereof, and thereby declare himself to...
Page 583 - ... for the reimbursing or repaying any money knowingly lent or advanced for such gaming or betting as aforesaid, or lent or advanced at the time and place of such play, to any person or persons so gaming or betting as aforesaid, or that shall, during such play, so play or bet, shall be utterly void, frustrate, and of none effect, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, any statute, law, or usage to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding ; and that, where such mortgages, securities.
Page 130 - Parliament, and that it shall not be lawful for any body politic or corporate whatsoever created or to be created, or for any other persons whatsoever united or to be united in covenants or partnership exceeding the number of six persons in that part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable on demand or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof...
Page 556 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years, nor less than seven years, or to suffer such other punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award...
Page 120 - 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 603 - ... but that every person so offered may and shall be admitted to give evidence on oath, or solemn affirmation in those cases wherein affirmation is by law receivable, notwithstanding that such person may or shall have an interest in the matter in question, or in the event of the trial of any issue, matter, question or...
Page 539 - That if any bankrupt, at the time he becomes bankrupt, shall, by the consent and permission of the true owner thereof, have in his possession, order, or disposition, any goods or chattels whereof he was reputed owner...
Page 538 - ... banker's house or other place only, and not otherwise or elsewhere, such acceptance shall be deemed and taken to be to all...
Page 579 - ... any bill of exchange or promissory note be affected by reason of any statute or law in force for the prevention of usury...