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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... REMEDIES . By KAY , MA , Q.C. , of Trin . Coll . Cambridge , and of the Northern Circuit : Sicitor General of the County Palatine of Durham ; one of the Judges of the Court of Round for the Hundred of Salford . Nowe Poly , a ne Volume ...
... REMEDIES . By KAY , MA , Q.C. , of Trin . Coll . Cambridge , and of the Northern Circuit : Sicitor General of the County Palatine of Durham ; one of the Judges of the Court of Round for the Hundred of Salford . Nowe Poly , a ne Volume ...
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... remedy , let us proceed to our first chief subject , viz . that of contracts . ( e ) Broom's Coms . 112 ; and see generally upon the subject discussed above , Broom's Coms . 78-112 . PART I. OF CONTRACTS . different divi- CHAPTER I. OF ...
... remedy , let us proceed to our first chief subject , viz . that of contracts . ( e ) Broom's Coms . 112 ; and see generally upon the subject discussed above , Broom's Coms . 78-112 . PART I. OF CONTRACTS . different divi- CHAPTER I. OF ...
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... remedy , it may support a promise ( 2 ) . The correct rule upon the point has been well stated to be " that an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an ...
... remedy , it may support a promise ( 2 ) . The correct rule upon the point has been well stated to be " that an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an ...
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... remedy , and the promise to pay such a debt is binding ( b ) . With regard to an executory consideration , as it consideration consists of something to be done at a future day , of must generally have been per- course before an action ...
... remedy , and the promise to pay such a debt is binding ( b ) . With regard to an executory consideration , as it consideration consists of something to be done at a future day , of must generally have been per- course before an action ...
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... remedies against the principal debtor ( z ) , or by a binding agreement by the creditor with the principal to give time to the principal , unless at the time the creditor and the prin- cipal stipulate that it shall not discharge the ...
... remedies against the principal debtor ( z ) , or by a binding agreement by the creditor with the principal to give time to the principal , unless at the time the creditor and the prin- cipal stipulate that it shall not discharge the ...
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33 Vict acceptance acceptor accord and satisfaction actually Addison on Torts agent agreement amount assault bailee bailment banker bill of exchange bill or note bind breach Broom's Coms Brown's Law Dict Byles on Bills carrier cheque Chitty on Contracts chose in action common law consideration contributory negligence court creditor damages debt deed defendant delivered effect entitled equity estoppel execution executor fact fixtures fraud give given hereon husband Ibid indorsement injury instrument judgment Judicature Act land landlord lease liable libel Lord malice marriage matter ment nature necessary negligence notice nuisance ordinary owner paid partner party pawnbroker payable payment person plaintiff Powell's Evidence principle promise promissory notes reason recover remedy rent respect rule servant simple contract simply slander Slander and Libel solicitor statute Statute of Frauds sufficient tenant tender thereof tion trespass unless vendee vendor warranty witness words writing
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