Conveyancing According to the Law of Scotland: Being the Edited Lectures of the Late Allan MenziesBell & Bradfute, 1863 - 968 pages |
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... holding that , where there is evidence of facility and lesion , it is not necessary that anything amounting to actual circumvention should be proved ; but it is enough to warrant a verdict , if , in the circumstances of the party ...
... holding that , where there is evidence of facility and lesion , it is not necessary that anything amounting to actual circumvention should be proved ; but it is enough to warrant a verdict , if , in the circumstances of the party ...
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... holding the subject , and the mode of vesting and disposing of it . 2. Subject - matter of Deeds . - Having thus ascertained the descrip- tion of persons to whom the law has denied the capacity of contract- ing , or has given it under ...
... holding the subject , and the mode of vesting and disposing of it . 2. Subject - matter of Deeds . - Having thus ascertained the descrip- tion of persons to whom the law has denied the capacity of contract- ing , or has given it under ...
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... holding a position of trust . Thus the com- mon agent in a process of ranking and sale is disqualified from pur- PURCHASE OF chasing the estate ; York Building Co. v . Mackenzie , 8th March 1793 , as reversed on appeal , 13th May 1795 ...
... holding a position of trust . Thus the com- mon agent in a process of ranking and sale is disqualified from pur- PURCHASE OF chasing the estate ; York Building Co. v . Mackenzie , 8th March 1793 , as reversed on appeal , 13th May 1795 ...
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... HOLDING Officers . These are servants engaged on behalf of the public to per- THE CASE OF A PUBLIC OFFICE . form certain duties , and having a provision made for their support and remuneration in the discharge of such duties , either ...
... HOLDING Officers . These are servants engaged on behalf of the public to per- THE CASE OF A PUBLIC OFFICE . form certain duties , and having a provision made for their support and remuneration in the discharge of such duties , either ...
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... holding that they are not binding in law . According to Erskine , marriage , and the liberty of the subject , are favourites of Inst . i . 1. 56 . the law . In the case of Caprington v . Geddew , 24th March 1632 , a M. 9454 . bond by a ...
... holding that they are not binding in law . According to Erskine , marriage , and the liberty of the subject , are favourites of Inst . i . 1. 56 . the law . In the case of Caprington v . Geddew , 24th March 1632 , a M. 9454 . bond by a ...
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Page 263 - Act the following words and expressions shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction...
Page 435 - ... and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques, and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of such company, and in all bills of parcels, invoices, receipts, and letters of credit of the company.
Page 707 - Duchy for the time being ; and the execution of such instrument by and any such notice given to such person or persons shall be deemed and taken for the purposes of this Act to be an execution by and a sufficient notice to the patron of the benefice.
Page 435 - Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing, and signed by the parties to be charged therewith, may be made on behalf of the company in writing signed by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the company...
Page 252 - ... in the lands comprehended therein, in or as nearly as may be in the form set forth in Schedule...
Page 154 - Where goods shall, after the passing of this Act, be sold, the seller, if at the time of the sale he was without knowledge that the same were defective or of bad quality, shall not be held to have warranted their quality or sufficiency, but the goods, with all faults, shall be at the risk of the purchaser, unless the seller shall have given an express warranty of the quality or sufficiency of such goods, or unless the goods have been expressly sold for a specified and particular purpose, in...
Page 249 - Judges held, that, in the case of a chose in action, you must do everything towards having possession which the subject admits; you must do that which is tantamount to obtaining possession, by placing every person who has an equitable or legal interest in the matter under an obligation to treat it as your *property. For this purpose, you must give notice to the legal holder of the fund ; in the case of a debt, for instance, notice to the debtor is, for many purposes, tantamount to possession.
Page 511 - Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you shall bear for the lands which I claim to hold of you, and that I shall lawfully do to you the customs and services which I ought to do, at the terms assigned, so help me God and his saints; and he shall kiss the book.
Page 227 - 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 214 - Where any person shall, after the passing of this Act, become bound as cautioner for any principal debtor, it shall not be necessary for the creditor to whom such cautionary obligation shall be granted, before calling on the cautioner for payment of the debt to which such cautionary obligation refers, to discuss or do diligence against the principal debtor, as now required by law ; but it shall be competent to such creditor to proceed against the principal debtor and the said cautioner, or against...