An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius... |
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Common terms and phrases
acceptance acceptor act of bankruptcy action brought action for money action was brought afterwards agreement amount appeared arrest assault assignees assumpsit averred banker bankrupt Baron and Feme bill of exchange Buller Burr Camp carrier cause of action certificate commission common common carrier consideration contract court covenant coverture creditor damages debt declaration deed defendant's delivered demand demurrer discharge dishonour Doug drawer East East's entitled evidence executor feme feme covert fendant given holden Holt husband and wife indebitatus assumpsit indorser judgment jury latitat liable London Sittings Lord Ellenborough Lord Kenyon Lord Mansfield Lord Raym marriage ment necessary notice opinion owner paid party payable payee payment person plaintiff plea possession promise to pay promissory note proved received recover rule Salk shew Smith stat statute sued sufficient Taunt tender thereof tiff tion trader trespass verdict Wils
Popular passages
Page 172 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; 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...
Page 172 - ... the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 150 - that where there are mutual debts between the plaintiff and defendant, or if either party sue or be sued as executor or administrator, where there are mutual debts between the testator or intestate and either party, one debt may be set against the other...
Page 135 - ... and this he is ready to verify; wherefore he prays judgment if the plaintiff ought further to maintain his action.
Page 370 - ... and also every such note payable to any person or persons, his, her, or their order, shall be assignable or indorsable over in the same manner as inland bills of exchange are or may be, according to the custom of merchants...
Page 150 - ... notwithstanding that such debts are deemed in law to be of a different nature; unless in cases where either of the said debts shall accrue by reason of a penalty contained in any bond or specialty: and, in all cases where either the debt for which the action hath been or shall be brought, or the debt intended to be set against the same, hath accrued, or shall accrue, by reason of any such penalty...
Page 548 - Nota, every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so but only inflicts a penalty on the offender; because a penalty implies a prohibition though there are no prohibitory words in the statute
Page 242 - G. 4. c. 16. s. 50. where there has been mutual credit given by the bankrupt and any other person, or where there are mutual debts between the bankrupt and any other person...
Page 131 - ... if an infant commit an assault, or utter slander, God forbid that he should not be answerable for it in a Court of justice. But where an infant has made an improvident contract with a person who has been wicked enough to contract with him, such person cannot resort to a Court of law to enforce such contract. And the words, "wrongfully, injuriously, and maliciously.
Page 540 - ... that wherever a sufficient consideration appears to make it a proper and useful contract, and such as cannot be set aside without injury to a fair contractor, it ought to be maintained; but with this constant diversity, viz.: where the restraint is general not to exercise a trade throughout the kingdom, and where it is limited to a particular place; for the former of these must be void, being of no benefit to either party, and only oppressive, as shall be shown by-and-by."2 IN ENGLAND.