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... England , and Lanarkshire in Scotland . Apples are imported in considerable quantity from the Channel Islands , France , and the United States . The wood of the apple tree is hard and heavy , and well adapted for the working parts of ma ...
... England , and Lanarkshire in Scotland . Apples are imported in considerable quantity from the Channel Islands , France , and the United States . The wood of the apple tree is hard and heavy , and well adapted for the working parts of ma ...
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... England , devolve on the trustee . [ SEQUESTRATION . TRUSTEE . ] IN IRELAND , by 12 & 13 Vict . c . 107 , the law as to assignees in bankruptcy , is framed on the model of that of England , there are , however , no official assignees ...
... England , devolve on the trustee . [ SEQUESTRATION . TRUSTEE . ] IN IRELAND , by 12 & 13 Vict . c . 107 , the law as to assignees in bankruptcy , is framed on the model of that of England , there are , however , no official assignees ...
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... England are called choses in action , and by the civilians jura ad rem , are the proper subjects of assignment . Among the most ordinary assignments is the indorsation of bills of exchange , bills of lading , and such like . By an old ...
... England are called choses in action , and by the civilians jura ad rem , are the proper subjects of assignment . Among the most ordinary assignments is the indorsation of bills of exchange , bills of lading , and such like . By an old ...
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... ENGLAND was established in 1694 as a bank of issue , deposit , and loan , under the title of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England . Its original capital of £ 1,200,000 was lent to government at 8 per cent . interest , with a ...
... ENGLAND was established in 1694 as a bank of issue , deposit , and loan , under the title of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England . Its original capital of £ 1,200,000 was lent to government at 8 per cent . interest , with a ...
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... England should return as soon as possible to the payment of its notes in cash . " The year following , however ( 1816 ) , being one of commercial distress , the resump- tion of cash payments was postponed to July 1 , 1818 ; and by a ...
... England should return as soon as possible to the payment of its notes in cash . " The year following , however ( 1816 ) , being one of commercial distress , the resump- tion of cash payments was postponed to July 1 , 1818 ; and by a ...
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Page 202 - 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, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 268 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Page 447 - ... all actions of account, and upon the case, other than such accounts as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants, all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty...
Page 348 - Car. 2. c. 3. § 4., enacts, that " no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator, upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate, or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 99 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
Page 202 - 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...
Page 202 - ... 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...
Page 452 - ... and shall have employed or shall employ any persons to compose the same, or any volumes, parts, essays, articles or portions thereof, for publication in or as part of the same...
Page 9 - ... or cause or allow to be received, any oath, affidavit or solemn affirmation touching any matter or thing whereof such justice or other person hath not jurisdiction or cognizance by some statute in force at the time being.
Page 68 - ... committed; provided the person or persons so dealing with such bankrupt, or at •whose suit or on whose account such execution or attachment shall have issued, had not at the time of such contract, dealing, or transaction, or at the time of executing or levying such execution or attachment, notice of any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed...