A Handbook of Bankers' LawBell & Bradfute, 1876 - 206 pages |
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... course of the present Session . In that event a few supplemental pages will be added , and these can be easily bound up with the present volume . G. L. R. February 1876 , PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . A New Edition of this Handbook ...
... course of the present Session . In that event a few supplemental pages will be added , and these can be easily bound up with the present volume . G. L. R. February 1876 , PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . A New Edition of this Handbook ...
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... course , have no testing clause . The ground on which this privilege rests is simply that the operations of commerce may not be impeded by requiring formal documents in transactions which are of hourly occurrence in all parts of the ...
... course , have no testing clause . The ground on which this privilege rests is simply that the operations of commerce may not be impeded by requiring formal documents in transactions which are of hourly occurrence in all parts of the ...
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... course is to follow the general practice of accurately stating the writer's name and designation in the testing clause . The testing clause may be written by a different person from the writer of the body of the deed , and in such a ...
... course is to follow the general practice of accurately stating the writer's name and designation in the testing clause . The testing clause may be written by a different person from the writer of the body of the deed , and in such a ...
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... course to adhere in the preparation of all important docu- ments to the solemnities in use prior to the passing of the above Act , although in many instances the advantages conferred by the Act may be of essential benefit , and may ...
... course to adhere in the preparation of all important docu- ments to the solemnities in use prior to the passing of the above Act , although in many instances the advantages conferred by the Act may be of essential benefit , and may ...
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... Commissary Clerk requires , of course , proof of the identity and relationship of the applicant for the office of executor , and must see the inventory stamped with a £ 3 stamp if the value of 18 INTESTATE SUCCESSION TO MOVEABLES , ETC.
... Commissary Clerk requires , of course , proof of the identity and relationship of the applicant for the office of executor , and must see the inventory stamped with a £ 3 stamp if the value of 18 INTESTATE SUCCESSION TO MOVEABLES , ETC.
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Page 79 - A man goes to the bank and finds surety to the amount, we shall suppose, of a thousand pounds. This money, or any part of it, he has the liberty of drawing out whenever he pleases, and he pays only the ordinary interest for it while it is in his hands. He may, when he pleases, repay any sum so small as twenty pounds, and the interest is discounted from the Very day of the repayment.
Page 11 - ... be considered as a feme sole with respect to property of every description which she may acquire or which may come to or devolve upon her...
Page 12 - Scottish law courts, except § 16, which enacts that " when a married woman succeeds to property, or acquires right to it by donation, bequest, or any other means than by the exercise of her own industry, the husband or his creditors, or any other person claiming under or through him, shall not be entitled to claim the same as falling within the...
Page 83 - ... In such a case, there is no room for any other appropriation than that which arises from the order in which the receipts and payments take place, and are carried into the account. Presumably, it is the sum first paid in, that is first drawn out. It is the first item on the debit side of the account, that is discharged, or reduced, by the first item on the credit side. The appropriation is made by the very act of setting the two items against each other. Upon that principle, all accounts current...
Page 173 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 28 - Digest of Cases decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, from 1800 to 1868 ; and, on appeal, by the House of Lords, from 1726 to 1868.
Page 83 - ... is the first item on the debit side of the account that is discharged, or reduced, by the first item on the credit side. The appropriation is made by the very act of setting the two items against each other. Upon that principle, all accounts current are settled, and particularly cash accounts. When there has been a continuation of dealings, in what way can it be ascertained whether the specific balance due on a given day has, or has not, been discharged, but by...
Page 137 - Oath taken by him before a Judge Ordinary, Magistrate, or Justice of the Peace to the Verity of the Debt claimed by him ; and he shall in such Oath state what other Persons (if any) are, besides the Bankrupt, liable for the Debt or any Part thereof, and specify any Security which he holds over the Estate of the Bankrupt or of other Obligants, and depone that he holds no other Obligants or Securities than those specified, and where he holds no other Person than the Bankrupt so bound, and no Security,...
Page 96 - ... such assignation in security has been granted, or of a term's interest thereof, or of a term's annuity, for six months after such capital sum or term's interest or annuity shall have fallen due, to apply to the sheriff for a warrant to enter on possession of the lands and heritages leased ; and the sheriff, after intimation to the lessee for the time being, and to the landlord, shall, if he see cause, grant such warrant...
Page 153 - ... notice shall have been given in the London Gazette, three-fourths in number and value of the creditors present or represented at such meeting may resolve that the estate ought to be wound up under a deed of arrangement, composition, or otherwise, and that an application shall be made to the Court to stay proceedings in the bankruptcy for such period as the Court shall think fit.