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... existence for the mercantile convenience of the nineteenth cen- tury are or are not negotiable instruments , any inquiry on the point is hardly likely to be fruitful of important results . But the mere fact that greater light on the ...
... existence for the mercantile convenience of the nineteenth cen- tury are or are not negotiable instruments , any inquiry on the point is hardly likely to be fruitful of important results . But the mere fact that greater light on the ...
Page 29
... existence , and bears the words ' Sijill : Staple in Portu de Pole.'1 With the object of giving effect to the staple regulations a number of the most considerable towns in the kingdom were named as staple towns.2 To these centres the ...
... existence , and bears the words ' Sijill : Staple in Portu de Pole.'1 With the object of giving effect to the staple regulations a number of the most considerable towns in the kingdom were named as staple towns.2 To these centres the ...
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... existence of fossils , were allayed by con- venient reference to omnipotence , so perplexing questions relating to negotiable instruments are waived by unthinking allusion to the law merchant . ' Omnipotence and law mer- chant work ...
... existence of fossils , were allayed by con- venient reference to omnipotence , so perplexing questions relating to negotiable instruments are waived by unthinking allusion to the law merchant . ' Omnipotence and law mer- chant work ...
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... existence and its en- forcement had been recognized and provided for by statutes . Until the Seventeenth Century , it was rarely referred to in common law tribunals . Courts pepoudrous , staple courts or courts of merchants , the ...
... existence and its en- forcement had been recognized and provided for by statutes . Until the Seventeenth Century , it was rarely referred to in common law tribunals . Courts pepoudrous , staple courts or courts of merchants , the ...
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... existence of their customs as foreign lawyers speak to the existence of laws abroad . When so proved , a custom was part of the law of the land . " 1 This condition of things existed for about a century and a half- from the appointment ...
... existence of their customs as foreign lawyers speak to the existence of laws abroad . When so proved , a custom was part of the law of the land . " 1 This condition of things existed for about a century and a half- from the appointment ...
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