A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange: Promissory Notes, Bank-notes, Bankers' Cash-notes, and Checks

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T. & J.W. Johnson, 1856 - 670 pages
 

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Page 623 - ... or over which such person shall at the time of entering up such judgment, or at any time afterwards, have any disposing power which he might without the assent of any other person exercise for his own benefit...
Page 581 - That in actions of debt, or upon the case, grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract...
Page 562 - That if any bankrupt, at the time he becomes bankrupt, shall, by the consent and permission of the true owner thereof, have in his possession, order, or disposition, any goods or chattels whereof he was reputed owner...
Page 565 - ... any body politic or corporate whatsoever created or to be created, or for any other persons whatsoever united or to be united in covenants or partnership exceeding the number of six persons in that part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable on demand or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof...
Page 579 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years, nor less than seven years, or to suffer such other punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award...
Page 596 - ... when any variance shall appear between the proof and the reciu.1 or setting forth on the record, writ, or document on which the trial is proceeding, of any contract, custom, prescription, name, or other matter, in any particular or particulars, in the judgment of such Court or Judge, not material to the merits of the case, and by which the opposite party cannot have been prejudiced in the conduct of his action, prosecution, or defence...
Page 531 - ... being in the order and disposition of the bankrupt, with the consent of the true owner, and that the assignees were therefore entitled to them.
Page 619 - Act annexed, and shall bear Date on the Day on which the same shall be issued...
Page 596 - Misdemeanor, when any Variance shall appear between any Matter in Writing or in Print produced in Evidence and the Recital or setting forth thereof upon the Record...
Page 631 - ... but that every person so offered may and shall be admitted to give evidence on oath, or solemn affirmation in those cases wherein affirmation is by law receivable, notwithstanding that such person may or shall have an interest in the matter in question, or in the event of the trial of any issue, matter, question or...

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