his professional status, 130.
Post:

contracts by, 27-32.

Principal and agent: 400-435.

their relation a form of employment, 286,
400.

capacity of parties, 402.

authority how given, 403–408.

ratification of agent's act, 405-408.

duties of principal, 409.

of agent, 409-411.

special and general agency, 415.
commission agency, 418.

forms of professional agency, 416-419.

restriction of authority, 415, 430.

delegation of authority, 414.
revocation of authority, 430-435.
agent for named principal, 415–422.
when liable on contract, 420.
when liable otherwise, 420, 421.

for unnamed principal, 422-424.
for undisclosed principal, 424–427.
principal when liable for agent's fraud,
426, 427.

for agent's non-disclosure, 429.

effect of principal's change of status, or
death, 434, 435.

Railway company:

nature of its offer to carry, 21, 44.

how far liable on its time table, 44, 371.
and for passenger's luggage, 371.
tickets, 21-23.
Ratification:

of infant's contract, 124, 138, 139.
by suffering judgment, 139.

of agent's act, rules respecting, 405-408.
Real estate:

assignment of contracts respecting, 308.
Recognizance:

a form of contract of record, 59.
Rectification:

of written instrument, 158, 326.
Release:

discharges right of action, 383.
Remedies:

for breach of contract, 374-389.
discharge of, 382-389.
revival of, 124-127.

Renunciation of contract:
before performance, 353-356.
during performance, 357.

Representation:

a statement in a contract, 179-182.
or inducing a contract, 181.

its effect at common law, 179–186.

in equity, 186.

of intention, 5, 44.

of opinion, 184, 205.

when actionable if false, 200, 208, 213.

not actionable if negligent, 211.

of principal by agent, 286, 402.

of deceased by executor or administrator,
310, 311.

of bankrupt by trustee, 311, 399.
Request:

when it implies a promise, 115-119, 402.
Rescission: see Agreement as a form
of discharge.

right of, in case of misrepresentation,
190.

in case of fraud, 219.

Sale: see Statute, Sale of Goods Act.
of goods, 85.

executed and executory, 16, 84, 85, 366–
369.

under Infants' Relief Act, 134.

how affected by mistake as to party
contracted with, 163, 217, 272.

rule of caveat emptor, 170, 171.
agreement for sale of land a contract
uberrima fides, 196.

specific performance of, 378, 379.
Sample:

sale of goods by, 367.

Satisfaction: see Accord.

payment of a smaller sum for a larger,
104-107.

what satisfaction amounts to a discharge
of right of action, 382.
Sea-worthiness:

implied warranty of, in contract of ma-
rine insurance, 322, 323.

Seal: see Contract under seal.

what constitutes, 60 n.

of corporation, why necessary to its con-
tracts, 66.

Solicitor and client:

a relation which may suggest undue in-
fluence, 222.

Specialty: see Contract under seal.
Specific performance: 378-382.

of gratuitous promise under seal, 65, 380.
of infant's promise, 138, 380.

of part-performed contract under 29 Car.
II. c. 3. § 4., 81, 82.

of contract made under mistake, 172,
326.

or under misrepresentation, 164, 188,
189.

of contract obtained by fraud, 210.
of sale of goods, 379.

of contracts concerning land, 309, 379.
of contracts for personal service, 381.
general rules, 378-382.
Stakeholder:

liability for money in his hands, 234, 269.
Statute:

Bankruptcy, 46 & 47 Vict. c. 52., 311, 399.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 71., 311, 399.

Bills of Exchange, 45 & 46 Vict. c. 61.
§ 1., 68, 297, 301, 335.

Bills of Lading, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 111., 296,

304.

Common Law Procedure Acts, 15 & 16
Vict. c. 76, and 17 & 18 Vict. c. 125:
as to agreements to refer to arbitra-
tion, 245.

as to attesting witnesses, 316.
as to pleading, 438.

Companies, 30 & 31 Vict. c. 131., 200.
Debtors' Act, 32 & 33 Vict. c. 62., 154.
Directors' Liability, 53 & 54 Vict. c. 64.,
200.

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 20
& 21 Vict. c. 85., 150.
Factors', 52 & 53 Vict. c. 45., 417.
Frauds, Statute of, 29 Car. II. c. 3.,
69-88:

contracts specified in § 4., 69–75.
form required by § 4., 75-80.

effect of non-compliance with § 4.,
80-83.

repeal of § 17., 83 n., 84 n.

§ 17 in United States, 84 n., 83-88.
connexion of documents how to be
shown under § 4., 77, 78, 317.
contracts under $4., how discharged
by agreement, 341, 342.

Gaming:

16 Car. II. c. 7., 232.

9 Anne c. 14., 233.

7 Geo. II. c. 8., 258.

12 Geo. II. c. 28., 257.

5 & 6 Will. IV. c. 41., 232.

8 & 9 Vict. c. 109., 233, 264.

55 Vict. c. 9., 235, 258.

Infants' Relief, 37 & 38 Vict. c. 62., 124,
134, 137.

Insurance, 19 Geo. II. c. 37.; 14 Geo. III.

c. 48., 238.

Judicature Act, 36 & 37 Vict. c. 66:

as to equitable rights and remedies,
188.

as to right of parties interested in one
action to sue or be sued in name of
one, 285.

as to assignment of contract, 294.

Statute: (ctd.)

as to admission of documents, 316.
as to rectification of documents, 326.
as to provisions regarding time, 329.
as to specific performance of contracts
for sale of land and leases, 382.
as to pleading, 350, 352, 438.
Limitation, Statutes of, 21 Jac. I. c. 16;
3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 42:

as to extinction of remedy, 386, 388.
as to revival of claim, 123, 388.
Lodgers' Protection Act, 34 & 35 Vict. c.
79., 440.

Lord Tenterden's Act, 9 Geo. IV. c. 14:
as to executory contract of sale, 83 n.
as to ratification of infant's contract,
134.

as to acknowledgment of barred debt,
69, 387-8.

Married Women's Contract Acts, 154 n.
Married Women's Property Acts, 151-
155, 305.

Medical Act, 49 & 50 Vict. c. 48., 130.
Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 19 & 20
Viet. c. 97 :

as to consideration for guarantee, 73, 79.
as to specific performance of sale of
goods, 382.

as to disabilities to sue in respect of
limitation of action, 387.

as to agent's signature of promise to
pay barred debt, 388.

Promise for benefit of third person,

282 n.

Wager: (ctd.)

in transactions on Stock Exchange, 236,
258.
agreements to pay differences, 236, 237.
money lent to make, 257, 258, 265.
money advanced to pay, 234, 258.
employment to make, 234, 258, 433.
money received in payment of, 234.
money deposited to abide the event of,
234, 269, 270.

securities in payment of, 235, 263.
Waiver:

of rights under negotiable instrument,
promissory note, 104, 105, 335.

of statutory exemption from perform-
ance of contract, 124, 125.

of continuing contract by infant, 132,
133.

as a form of discharge, 333-335.

of executed as distinct from executory
contract, 104, 333, 334.

Warranty: 369-374.

of quality in sale of goods, 115, 168.
when implied, 170, 171.

distinct from condition, 182, 372.
warranty ex post facto, 150, 183, 373.
a subsidiary or collateral promise, 369.
in executed contract of sale, 367, 373.
in executory contract of sale, 367-369,
373.

various uses of term, 372 n.

how distinguishable from condition, 371.
of authority, 200, 372 n., 421.
Wrong:

a source of obligation, 8.

included under miscarriage' in 29 Car.