A Practical Treatise on Bills of Exchange, Checks on Bankers, Promissory Notes, Bankers' Cash Notes, and Bank NotesS. Brooke, 1818 - 844 pages |
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... EXCHANGE , & c . General Nature A BILL of EXCHANGE is defined by Mr. Justice Definition Blackstone to be an open letter of request , or an and Utility . order from one person to another , desiring him to pay , on his account , a sum of ...
... EXCHANGE , & c . General Nature A BILL of EXCHANGE is defined by Mr. Justice Definition Blackstone to be an open letter of request , or an and Utility . order from one person to another , desiring him to pay , on his account , a sum of ...
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... bill of exchange is considered as following the person of the debtor , and as bona notabilia where he resides at the time of the creditor's death , whereas a bond , or other specialty , is bona notabilia , wherever it may be at the time ...
... bill of exchange is considered as following the person of the debtor , and as bona notabilia where he resides at the time of the creditor's death , whereas a bond , or other specialty , is bona notabilia , wherever it may be at the time ...
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... Bill of Exchange , it being scarcely ever necessary for the plaintiff to prove that he gave a consideration for it ; and the defendant is not at liberty to prove that he received no consideration , unless in an action brought against ...
... Bill of Exchange , it being scarcely ever necessary for the plaintiff to prove that he gave a consideration for it ; and the defendant is not at liberty to prove that he received no consideration , unless in an action brought against ...
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... bill . CHAPTER II . OF THE PARTIES TO A BILL OF EXCHANGE , & c . IT is essential to the validity of every contract , that there be proper parties to it , and that those parties have capacity to contract . The parties to a contract are ...
... bill . CHAPTER II . OF THE PARTIES TO A BILL OF EXCHANGE , & c . IT is essential to the validity of every contract , that there be proper parties to it , and that those parties have capacity to contract . The parties to a contract are ...
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... bill or bond for the exact sum due , and not in a penalty given for neces- saries , is obligatory upon an infant , yet an indorsee of a bill or note cannot sue an infant upon either of those instruments , though given for such ...
... bill or bond for the exact sum due , and not in a penalty given for neces- saries , is obligatory upon an infant , yet an indorsee of a bill or note cannot sue an infant upon either of those instruments , though given for such ...
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Common terms and phrases
13 East acceptance supra protest acceptor accommodation bill act of bankruptcy action afterwards agent amount assignment Assumpsit bank bankers bankrupt Bayl bearer Beawes bill became due bill drawn bill of exchange bill or note bill payable bonâ fide holder Burr Campb ceptor choses in action consideration contract court held creditor debt declaration defendant demand discharged dishonour Dougl effect entitled evidence foreign bill give notice given hands Holt indorser inland bill instrument jury laches liable London Lord Ellenborough Lord Kenyon Lord Mansfield Lord Raym maker ment negotiable non-acceptance non-payment nonsuited paid partner party pay the bill payee plaintiff Poth presented for acceptance presented for payment promise to pay promissory note prove received recover refused rule Salk shew stamp statute Stra sued sufficient Taunt tion transfer trial usury verdict
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Page 671 - Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this Act...
Page 669 - Justice], returning the Overplus, on Demand, to him the said AB, the reasonable Charges of taking, keeping, and selling the said Distress being first deducted...
Page 99 - ... for the forbearance of one hundred pounds for a year, and so after that rate for a greater or lesser sum, or for a longer or shorter time...
Page 101 - ... for the reimbursing or repaying any money knowingly lent or advanced for such gaming or betting as aforesaid, or lent or advanced at the time and place of such play, to any person or persons so gaming or betting as aforesaid, or that shall, during such play, so play or bet, shall be utterly void, frustrate, and of none effect, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, any statute, law, or usage to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding ; and that, where such mortgages, securities.
Page 416 - ... to whom such sum of money is or shall be by such note made payable, shall and may maintain an action for the same, in such manner as he, she, or they might do, upon any inland bill of exchange...
Page 100 - Any person or persons whatsoever, who shall at any time or sitting, by playing at cards, dice, tables, or other game or games whatsoever, or by betting on the sides or hands of such as do play at any of the games aforesaid, lose to any one or more person or persons so playing or betting, in...
Page 313 - Bench to try the existence of certain customs, the plaintiff had a verdict, subject to the opinion of the court on a special case, the question being, whether the customs, as stated in the declaration, had been sufficiently proved at the trial.
Page 667 - Process, being thereof convicted, by the Confession of the Party, or by the Oath of one or more Credible Witness or Witnesses...
Page 685 - And all bills, drafts, or orders for the payment of any sum of money out of any particular fund which may or may not be available, or upon any condition or contingency which may or may not be performed or happen...
Page 663 - ... in like manner as in cases of inland bills of exchange; and in every such action the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall recover his, her, or their damages and costs of suit; and if such plaintiff or plaintiffs shall be nonsuited, or a verdict be given against him, her, or them, the defendant or defendants shall recover his, her, or their costs against the plaintiff or plaintiffs; and every such plaintiff...