The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, 4. köideFreeman Hunt, 1841 |
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... Bankrupt Law , by J. Van Cott , Esq .......... Turkey , Egypt , and Mehemet Ali , by E. W. Stoughton , Esq .. The Coal Business of the United States , by J. Blunt , Esq .. Imprisonment for Debt ......... Governmental History of the ...
... Bankrupt Law , by J. Van Cott , Esq .......... Turkey , Egypt , and Mehemet Ali , by E. W. Stoughton , Esq .. The Coal Business of the United States , by J. Blunt , Esq .. Imprisonment for Debt ......... Governmental History of the ...
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... BANKRUPT LAW . " But ships are but boards , sailors but men : there be land rats and water rats , water thieves and land thieves ; I mean , pirates ; and then , there is the peril of waters , winds , and ... Bankrupt Law, by J Van Cott, Esq.
... BANKRUPT LAW . " But ships are but boards , sailors but men : there be land rats and water rats , water thieves and land thieves ; I mean , pirates ; and then , there is the peril of waters , winds , and ... Bankrupt Law, by J Van Cott, Esq.
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No commercial constitution , we have had no national bankrupt law . country , at all comparable with the United States in the extent of its commerce , has been without such laws within the last century . And the fact seems still more ...
No commercial constitution , we have had no national bankrupt law . country , at all comparable with the United States in the extent of its commerce , has been without such laws within the last century . And the fact seems still more ...
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... closer resemblance to the French bankrupt laws ; but under that system the person , and not the future acquisitions , of the debtor was discharged . The cessio bonorum probably furnished the hint from which most 24 A General Bankrupt Law .
... closer resemblance to the French bankrupt laws ; but under that system the person , and not the future acquisitions , of the debtor was discharged . The cessio bonorum probably furnished the hint from which most 24 A General Bankrupt Law .
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... bankrupt is supposed to be derived from bancus , a bench , and ruptus , broken , in allusion to the benches formerly used by the money- lenders in Italy , which were broken in case of their failure . The first of the ... Bankrupt Law . 25.
... bankrupt is supposed to be derived from bancus , a bench , and ruptus , broken , in allusion to the benches formerly used by the money- lenders in Italy , which were broken in case of their failure . The first of the ... Bankrupt Law . 25.
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