The Jurist, Volume 2, Part 2; Volume 20, Part 2S. Sweet, 1857 |
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... contracts in order to render them enforceable by or against them , it is undoubtedly a general rule that the contract should be under the corporate seal , as being the best way by which the governing body can express the mind of the ...
... contracts in order to render them enforceable by or against them , it is undoubtedly a general rule that the contract should be under the corporate seal , as being the best way by which the governing body can express the mind of the ...
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... contract by a corporation valid unless under seal . However that may be , I think that we may , in accordance with de- The question which has arisen , and as to which there has been a conflict of opinion between the Courts of Queen's ...
... contract by a corporation valid unless under seal . However that may be , I think that we may , in accordance with de- The question which has arisen , and as to which there has been a conflict of opinion between the Courts of Queen's ...
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... contract . It may have been agreed between the father and the son ; and perhaps the father , in consequence of that agreement , settled more than he could afford ; but if the effect is to alter the condition in which the wife would ...
... contract . It may have been agreed between the father and the son ; and perhaps the father , in consequence of that agreement , settled more than he could afford ; but if the effect is to alter the condition in which the wife would ...
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... Contract - Illegality ) ...... CROWN CASES RESERVED . By G. FRANCIS , Barrister at Law . Reg . v . Austin .- ( Evidence - Depositions - 11 & 12 Vict . c . 42 , 8. 7 ) Reg . v . Shepherd .- ( Stealing " post letter " —7 Will . 4 & 1 Vict ...
... Contract - Illegality ) ...... CROWN CASES RESERVED . By G. FRANCIS , Barrister at Law . Reg . v . Austin .- ( Evidence - Depositions - 11 & 12 Vict . c . 42 , 8. 7 ) Reg . v . Shepherd .- ( Stealing " post letter " —7 Will . 4 & 1 Vict ...
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... contract or a will is , in the opinion of the judges before whom it comes in suit , clearly contrary to public policy , so that , by giving effect to it , the interests of the public would be preju- diced , it is to be adjudged void ...
... contract or a will is , in the opinion of the judges before whom it comes in suit , clearly contrary to public policy , so that , by giving effect to it , the interests of the public would be preju- diced , it is to be adjudged void ...
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Page 69 - 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 141 - ... where the misdescription, although not proceeding from fraud, is in a material and substantial point, so far affecting the subject-matter of the contract that it may reasonably be supposed, that, but for such misdescription, the purchaser might never have entered into the contract at all, in such case the contract is avoided altogether, and the purchaser is not bound to resort to the clause of compensation.
Page 213 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 54 - Any contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing, and signed by the parties to be charged therewith, may be made on behalf of the company in writing signed by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the company, and such contract may in the same manner be varied or discharged...
Page 16 - Act, either immediately or after any interval, either certainly or contingently, and either originally or by way of substitutive limitation, and every devolution by law of any beneficial interest in property, or the income thereof, upon the death of any person dying after the time appointed for the commencement of this Act...
Page 214 - Islands" mean any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the islands of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, and the islands adjacent to any of them being part of the dominions of Her Majesty.
Page 69 - ... made or created by livery and seisin only, or by parol and not put in writing and signed by the parties so making or creating the same or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only...
Page 213 - No contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises for the price of £10 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, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment, or that some note or memorandum in writing of the said bargain, be made and signed by the parties to be charged by such contract, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized.
Page 55 - ... a demand under his hand requiring the company to pay the sum so due, and the company has for the space of three weeks succeeding the service of such demand neglected to pay such sum, or to secure or compound for the same to the satisfaction of the creditor...
Page 213 - Viet. c. 97), it is provided that " every person who, being surety for the debt or duty of another, or being liable with another for any debt or duty, shall pay such debt or perform such duty, shall be entitled to have assigned to him, or to a trustee for him, every judgment, specialty, or other security which shall be held by the creditor...