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... weight each , is generally enveloped in large flag leaves . Roll annatto , a more concentrated extract , is brought in small rolls of a few ounces weight , and contains a larger proportion of colouring matter than the former . This is ...
... weight each , is generally enveloped in large flag leaves . Roll annatto , a more concentrated extract , is brought in small rolls of a few ounces weight , and contains a larger proportion of colouring matter than the former . This is ...
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... weight , at so much the Spanish dollar . According to Mr Milburn ( Oriental Commerce ) , the duty payable on exports and imports by the British is 3 per cent . ad valorem , besides brokage and shroffage . Measures and Weights . - The ...
... weight , at so much the Spanish dollar . According to Mr Milburn ( Oriental Commerce ) , the duty payable on exports and imports by the British is 3 per cent . ad valorem , besides brokage and shroffage . Measures and Weights . - The ...
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... weight ; also a Spanish measure of capa- city . It varies in different places . The Arroba Weight , Spanish standard = 25.36 lbs . avoirdupois ; Alicant 27 38 do .; Valencia 28-25 do .; Arragon = 27 · 76 do .; Portugal 32-38 do . The ...
... weight ; also a Spanish measure of capa- city . It varies in different places . The Arroba Weight , Spanish standard = 25.36 lbs . avoirdupois ; Alicant 27 38 do .; Valencia 28-25 do .; Arragon = 27 · 76 do .; Portugal 32-38 do . The ...
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... weight was gradually diminished , until by the Papirian law ( B. C. 178 ) , asses of half an ounce were coined . This rate was continued till Pliny's time ( A. c . 70 ) , and long after . The weight and value of the as , at different ...
... weight was gradually diminished , until by the Papirian law ( B. C. 178 ) , asses of half an ounce were coined . This rate was continued till Pliny's time ( A. c . 70 ) , and long after . The weight and value of the as , at different ...
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... WEIGHTS , MONEY , AND FINANCES . VIENNA AND TRIESTE . Measures and Weights . - The klafter of 6 Vienna feet 6-23 imp . feet ; the Vienna ell 30-6 imp . inches ; the post mile of 4000 klaftern = 471 , or about 4 imp . miles . The Vienna ...
... WEIGHTS , MONEY , AND FINANCES . VIENNA AND TRIESTE . Measures and Weights . - The klafter of 6 Vienna feet 6-23 imp . feet ; the Vienna ell 30-6 imp . inches ; the post mile of 4000 klaftern = 471 , or about 4 imp . miles . The Vienna ...
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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...
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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...