A Handy Book on Property Law in a Series of LettersW. Blackwood and Sons, 1858 - 192 pages |
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... subject upon which I am writing , consists in this , that equity will give you the thing itself for which you have contracted ; whereas the law can only give you SALES AND PURCHASES : REMEDIES . 5 a pecuniary compensation.
... subject upon which I am writing , consists in this , that equity will give you the thing itself for which you have contracted ; whereas the law can only give you SALES AND PURCHASES : REMEDIES . 5 a pecuniary compensation.
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... writing ; but you will not act prudently if you do not specify in writing to your agent the terms upon which you propose to sell or buy . The authority to sell does not include a power to receive the purchase - money , which therefore ...
... writing ; but you will not act prudently if you do not specify in writing to your agent the terms upon which you propose to sell or buy . The authority to sell does not include a power to receive the purchase - money , which therefore ...
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... writing that they contain such covenants only as are justified by the custom of the country . And even such a stipulation is not quite satisfactory , for there is frequently great difference of opinion as to what is the custom of any ...
... writing that they contain such covenants only as are justified by the custom of the country . And even such a stipulation is not quite satisfactory , for there is frequently great difference of opinion as to what is the custom of any ...
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... writing in such And although the man should afterwards be con- victed of perjury in denying the trust , yet that will not enable equity to compel him to convey the estate to you ; but you would be a competent witness to prove the per ...
... writing in such And although the man should afterwards be con- victed of perjury in denying the trust , yet that will not enable equity to compel him to convey the estate to you ; but you would be a competent witness to prove the per ...
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... writing , and signed by the parties . As an instance of what is deemed a sufficient fraud to enable equity to relieve , I may observe , that if you were ver- bally to sell me an estate , and I in performance of part of the agreement ...
... writing , and signed by the parties . As an instance of what is deemed a sufficient fraud to enable equity to relieve , I may observe , that if you were ver- bally to sell me an estate , and I in performance of part of the agreement ...
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Page 2 - BOSCOBEL TRACTS. Relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester, and his subsequent Adventures. Edited by J. HUGHES, Esq., AM A New Edition, with additional Notes and Illustrations, including Communications from the Rev. RH BARHAM, Author of the
Page 150 - ... is required for the execution of the will ; but the will, with such alteration as part thereof, shall be deemed to be duly executed if the signature of the testator and the subscription of the witnesses be made in the margin or on some other part of the will...
Page 145 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction...
Page 10 - STEPHENS. The Book of the Farm ; detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Farm-Labourer, FieldWorker, and Cattleman.
Page 155 - And be it further enacted, that no will or codicil or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, and showing an intention to revive the same ; and when any will or codicil which shall be partly revoked, and afterwards wholly revoked, shall be revived, such revival shall not extend to so much thereof as shall have been revoked before the revocation of the whole thereof,...
Page 81 - Court shall have Power to direct in what Manner such Damages shall be paid or applied, and to direct that the whole or any Part thereof shall be settled for the Benefit of the Children (if any) of the Marriage, or as a Provision for the Maintenance of the Wife.
Page 28 - If a person having a right to an estate permit or encourage a purchaser to buy it of another, the purchaser shall hold it against the person who has the right.
Page 6 - CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY, comprising, in Twenty Plates, Maps and Plans of all the important Countries and Localities referred to by Classical Authors, constructed from the best Materials, and embodying the Results of the most Recent Investigations.
Page 6 - Plans of all the important Countries and Localities referred to by Classical Authors ; accompanied by a pronouncing Index of Places, by T. HARVEY, MA Oxon.
Page 70 - That a widow shall not be entitled to dower out of any land of her husband when, in the deed by which such land was conveyed to him, or by any deed executed by him, it shall be declared that his widow shall not be entitled to dower out of such land.