Commentaries on the Present Laws of England, 1. köideW. Clowes and sons, limited, 1891 - 1294 pages |
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... hold , after 12 Car . 2 , cap . 24 ( post , p . 12 ) , the terms real and personal were thenceforth employed . 66 B personal property . Real pro- perty . Land . Tenements . Heredita- ments CHAPTER I DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PROPERTY CHAPTER I.
... hold , after 12 Car . 2 , cap . 24 ( post , p . 12 ) , the terms real and personal were thenceforth employed . 66 B personal property . Real pro- perty . Land . Tenements . Heredita- ments CHAPTER I DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PROPERTY CHAPTER I.
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... hold of his lord by fealty only , and such tenure is tenure in socage , ' Litt . sect . 18 ) which by the statute of 12 Car . 2 , c . 24 , was substituted throughout England for the " " ( 1 ) The derivation of the word socage is ...
... hold of his lord by fealty only , and such tenure is tenure in socage , ' Litt . sect . 18 ) which by the statute of 12 Car . 2 , c . 24 , was substituted throughout England for the " " ( 1 ) The derivation of the word socage is ...
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... holds over after that is out he is a tenant by sufferance ( 2 ) . A tenancy at will is an estate in land , determinable at the will either of the landlord or tenant . Such a tenancy may be granted either by express words , written or ...
... holds over after that is out he is a tenant by sufferance ( 2 ) . A tenancy at will is an estate in land , determinable at the will either of the landlord or tenant . Such a tenancy may be granted either by express words , written or ...
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... hold to some specific uses , and declarations were then made by the legal owners that they themselves would hold to such uses . These uses were not recognised by the Courts of common law jurisdiction , but were effectual only by the ...
... hold to some specific uses , and declarations were then made by the legal owners that they themselves would hold to such uses . These uses were not recognised by the Courts of common law jurisdiction , but were effectual only by the ...
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... hold or to dispose of it for the benefit of another , who was said to have the Use . Thus , A. conveyed land to B. , to his ( A.'s ) own use , or to the use of C. This declaration of the use charged the conscience of B. , the legal ...
... hold or to dispose of it for the benefit of another , who was said to have the Use . Thus , A. conveyed land to B. , to his ( A.'s ) own use , or to the use of C. This declaration of the use charged the conscience of B. , the legal ...
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Page 358 - ... unless the agreement, upon which such action shall be brought or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 433 - We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 387 - For no country ever takes notice of the revenue laws of another. " <The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say. The principle of public policy...
Page 359 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold and actually receive the same...
Page 259 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 429 - A married woman shall be capable of entering into and rendering herself liable in respect of and to the extent of her separate property on any contract, and of suing and being sued, either in contract or in tort, or otherwise, in all respects as if she were a feme sole...
Page 408 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 475 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer to whose orders or directions the workman at the time of the injury was bound to conform, and did conform, where such injury resulted from his having so conformed...
Page 246 - Where a mercantile agent is, with the consent of the owner, in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods any sale, pledge or other disposition of the goods made by him, when acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be as valid as if he were expressly authorized by the owner of the goods to make the same...
Page 456 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.