The Bills of Sale Act, 1878: With Notes, and an Introduction Containing a Concise Statement on the General Law of Bills of Sale, lk 825

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Sweet, 1878 - 40 pages

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Page 6 - India warrants, warehouse keepers' certificates, warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other documents used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented.
Page 10 - ... used and enjoyed by him in any place whatsoever, notwithstanding that formal possession thereof may have been taken by or given to any other person (s) : " Prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under the provisions of this Act.
Page 16 - ... so far as regards the property in, or right to, the possession of any personal chattels comprised in such bill of sale...
Page 12 - Factory or workshop" means any premises on which any manual labour is exercised by way of trade, or for purposes of gain, in or incidental to the following purposes or any of them; that is to say, (a.) In or incidental to the making...
Page xxiii - In the case of any covenant or contract made in consideration of marriage for the future settlement on or for the settlor's wife or children of any money or property wherein he had not at the date of his marriage any estate or interest...
Page 25 - If the bill of sale is made or given subject to any defeasance or condition, or declaration of trust not contained in the body thereof, such defeasance, condition, or declaration, shall be deemed to be part of the bill, and shall be written on the same paper or parchment therewith before the registration, and shall be truly set forth in the copy filed under this Act therewith and as part thereof, otherwise the registration shall be void.
Page 7 - ... nor shares or interests in the stock, funds, or securities of any government, or in the capital or property of incorporated or joint stock companies, nor choses in action, nor any stock or produce upon any farm or lands which by virtue of any covenant or agreement or of the custom of the country ought not to be removed from any farm where the same are at the time of making or giving of such bill of sale...
Page xxv - WHEREAS frauds are frequently committed upon creditors by secret bills of sale of personal chattels, whereby persons are enabled to keep up the appearance of being in good circumstances and possessed of property...
Page 2 - ... any agreement, whether intended or not to be followed by the execution of any other instrument, by which a right in equity to any personal chattels, or to any charge or security thereon, shall be conferred...
Page xxii - Any settlement of property not being a settlement made before and in consideration of marriage, or made in favour of a purchaser or mcnmbrancer in good faith and for valuable consideration, or a settlement made on or for the wife or children of the settlor of property which has accrued to the settlor after marriage in right of his wife, shall, if the settlor becomes bankrupt within two years after the date of the...

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