Principles of the Common Law: An Elementary Work Intended for the Use of Students and the ProfessionStevens and Haynes, 1876 - 454 pages |
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... give evidence to show what the law of the place where it was made is as to it ( h ) ; and with regard to the last part of this rule , what is meant is , that although the lex loci con- tractus generally applies , yet if the parties have ...
... give evidence to show what the law of the place where it was made is as to it ( h ) ; and with regard to the last part of this rule , what is meant is , that although the lex loci con- tractus generally applies , yet if the parties have ...
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... gives the person to whom it is made a certain time to accept or reject it . There is nothing binding between the parties until accepted ; but then , when the unconditional acceptance is once made , there is a perfect and binding ...
... gives the person to whom it is made a certain time to accept or reject it . There is nothing binding between the parties until accepted ; but then , when the unconditional acceptance is once made , there is a perfect and binding ...
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... give relief on the ground of some im- position or fraud , and in the case of bargains with expectant heirs , it is generally necessary to show that a full consideration was paid ( g ) ; but this , though un- doubtedly now applying to ...
... give relief on the ground of some im- position or fraud , and in the case of bargains with expectant heirs , it is generally necessary to show that a full consideration was paid ( g ) ; but this , though un- doubtedly now applying to ...
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... give a right of action on it . The student must not confuse this with a promise by a man to pay a sum to the mother of an illegitimate child towards its support , for this would be perfectly valid , as a mother by undertaking the entire ...
... give a right of action on it . The student must not confuse this with a promise by a man to pay a sum to the mother of an illegitimate child towards its support , for this would be perfectly valid , as a mother by undertaking the entire ...
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... give no original right of action if the obligation on which it is founded could never have been enforced at law , though not barred by any legal maxim or statute provi- sion " ( a ) . Thus in the case of an agreement to pay a sum in ...
... give no original right of action if the obligation on which it is founded could never have been enforced at law , though not barred by any legal maxim or statute provi- sion " ( a ) . Thus in the case of an agreement to pay a sum in ...
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Page 207 - A defendant in an action may set-off, or set up by way of counterclaim against the claims of the plaintiff, any right or claim, whether such set-off or counterclaim sound in damages . or not...