The Contract of Pawn: As it Exists at Common Law, and as Modified by the Pawnbrokers' Acts, the Factors' Acts, and Other StatutesStevens, 1883 - 389 pages |
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... charges any of his property as to constitute a fraudulent preference in Bankruptcy . ( d ) Departs or remains out of England , or departs from his house , or otherwise absents himself , or begins to keep house , with intent to defeat or ...
... charges any of his property as to constitute a fraudulent preference in Bankruptcy . ( d ) Departs or remains out of England , or departs from his house , or otherwise absents himself , or begins to keep house , with intent to defeat or ...
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... charged varied , between 1060 and 1290 , from 2d . to 3d . per £ 1 per week , or from about 45 to 65 per cent . per annum . In 1264 , the rabble attacked and destroyed a synagogue , because a Jew had endeavoured to exact from a ...
... charged varied , between 1060 and 1290 , from 2d . to 3d . per £ 1 per week , or from about 45 to 65 per cent . per annum . In 1264 , the rabble attacked and destroyed a synagogue , because a Jew had endeavoured to exact from a ...
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... charge one halfpenny for tickets of pledges below 10s . ( f ) . Notwithstanding these modifications and amendments , the Act of 1800 became less and less popular , until early in the session of 1871 , the House of Commons appointed a ...
... charge one halfpenny for tickets of pledges below 10s . ( f ) . Notwithstanding these modifications and amendments , the Act of 1800 became less and less popular , until early in the session of 1871 , the House of Commons appointed a ...
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... charges . This rule having been found to work much hardship , was qualified by 4 Geo . 4 , cap . 83 , which after declaring that the existing law afforded great facility to fraud , produced frequent litigation , and was highly in ...
... charges . This rule having been found to work much hardship , was qualified by 4 Geo . 4 , cap . 83 , which after declaring that the existing law afforded great facility to fraud , produced frequent litigation , and was highly in ...
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... Ex . Ch . ( c ) 40 and 41 Vict . , cap . 39. ( d ) By sec . 2. ( e ) Sec . 3 . ( ƒ ) 25 and 26 Vict . , cap . 89 . ( g ) By sec . 43 . and charges specifically affecting property of the Company , but 14 THE CONTRACT OF PAWN .
... Ex . Ch . ( c ) 40 and 41 Vict . , cap . 39. ( d ) By sec . 2. ( e ) Sec . 3 . ( ƒ ) 25 and 26 Vict . , cap . 89 . ( g ) By sec . 43 . and charges specifically affecting property of the Company , but 14 THE CONTRACT OF PAWN .
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36 Vict act of bankruptcy action adjudication advances aforesaid agent amount application assignment bailee Bank bankrupt bill of lading bona fide broker certificate charge chattel claim Common Law consignee conviction court of summary creditor damages debtor deemed default deliver delivery Deposit or Pledge distress documents of title entitled entrusted equity exceeding Factors fraud fraudulent Ibid imprisonment interest Interpleader justice liable licence lien loan and profit magistrate Merchandise months Monts de Piété mortgagee negotiable instrument notice obtained offence otherwise paid party pawn-ticket Pawnbroker pawnee pawnee's pawnor payment penalty Person or Persons plaintiff possession purchaser recover redeem redemption refusal remedy secured creditor sell shillings sold statute stolen Story On Bailments sub-sec summary jurisdiction surplus thereof trade true owner trustee trustee in bankruptcy unless Wares warrant
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Page 338 - India warrants, warehouse-keepers' certificates, warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other document* used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented.
Page 317 - ... conditioned personally to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the Court thereon, and to pay such costs as may be awarded by the Court...
Page 321 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 339 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable-, at the discretion of the Court, to any of the punishments which the Court may award, as hereinbefore last mentioned.
Page 350 - Liability" shall for the purposes of this Act include any compensation for work or labour done, any obligation or possibility of an obligation to pay money or money's worth on the breach of any express or implied covenant, contract, agreement, or undertaking, whether the breach does or does not occur, or is or is not likely to occur or capable of occurring before the discharge of the...
Page 18 - Notaries, &c., in England and Wales ; the Circuits, Judges, Treasurers, Registrars, and High Bailiffs of the County Courts ; Metropolitan and Stipendiary Magistrates, Official Receivers under the Bankruptcy Act, Law and Public Officers in England, and the Colonies, Foreign Lawyers with their English Agents...
Page 12 - Decrees. Judgments, and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Courts of Appeal, having especial reference to the Chancery Division, with Practical Notes. Fourth Edition. By RH LEACH, Esq., Senior Registrar of the Chancery Division ; PGA 'WILLIAMS, of the Inner Temple, Esq.
Page 350 - ... or give an estimate of the value of his security. In the latter case, he may be admitted as a petitioning creditor to the extent of the balance of the debt due to him, after deducting the value so estimated in the same manner as if he were an unsecured creditor.