Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone)Butterworths, 1903 - Law |
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... ACTION . 170 171 171 172 Of the Assignability of Debts and other Choses in Action ... 173 Of Negotiability 176 ... Of Particular kinds of Debts 177 SECTION XIII . OF BILLS OF SALE . Of the Nature of Bills of Sale 180 Of the Statutory ...
... ACTION . 170 171 171 172 Of the Assignability of Debts and other Choses in Action ... 173 Of Negotiability 176 ... Of Particular kinds of Debts 177 SECTION XIII . OF BILLS OF SALE . Of the Nature of Bills of Sale 180 Of the Statutory ...
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... action , a distinction which is attended with certain important consequences in the law . Choses in possession are those chattels of which a man has the enjoyment either actual or constructive . They are divided into two kinds ...
... action , a distinction which is attended with certain important consequences in the law . Choses in possession are those chattels of which a man has the enjoyment either actual or constructive . They are divided into two kinds ...
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... action against any stranger by whom the goods are wrongfully damaged or taken away , the bailee on account of his immediate possession and the special property incident thereto , the bailor on account of his general ownership ( o ) ...
... action against any stranger by whom the goods are wrongfully damaged or taken away , the bailee on account of his immediate possession and the special property incident thereto , the bailor on account of his general ownership ( o ) ...
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(Partly Founded on Blackstone) Henry John Stephen. With regard to choses in action , these are things of which a man has not the possession ( either actual or con- structive ) , but merely the right to recover it by action . They ...
(Partly Founded on Blackstone) Henry John Stephen. With regard to choses in action , these are things of which a man has not the possession ( either actual or con- structive ) , but merely the right to recover it by action . They ...
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... action , as well as , more rarely , choses in possession , are frequently assigned to trustees by way of settlement on marriage or otherwise . Of course the Statute of Uses does not apply to personal property at all . ( m ) Waterer v ...
... action , as well as , more rarely , choses in possession , are frequently assigned to trustees by way of settlement on marriage or otherwise . Of course the Statute of Uses does not apply to personal property at all . ( m ) Waterer v ...
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Page 456 - Crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heirs of the body of the said Princess ; and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark, and the heirs of her body ; and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 156 - Act is an unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another signed by the maker engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer.
Page 479 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 432 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
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Page 431 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 96 - ... 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 85 - First, in order to sustain an action of deceit, there must be proof of fraud, and nothing short of that will suffice. Secondly, fraud is proved when it is shown that a false representation has been made (1) knowingly, or (2) without belief in its truth, or (3) recklessly, careless whether it be true or false.
Page 479 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.