A Treatise on the Law of Partnership and Joint-stock Companies, According to the Law of Scotland: Including Private Copartneries, Common Law Companies, Registered Companies, Chartered Companies, Railway Companies, and Others, Formed Under the Consolidation Acts, Volume 2T. & T. Clark; (etc., etc.), 1866 - Partnership |
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Page 610
... matter of fact , and provided the existing body of laws be sufficiently comprehensive and precise . In France and some other countries which enjoy the benefits of a code , questions of disputed law are of comparatively rare occurrence ...
... matter of fact , and provided the existing body of laws be sufficiently comprehensive and precise . In France and some other countries which enjoy the benefits of a code , questions of disputed law are of comparatively rare occurrence ...
Page 611
... matters now stand , the existing system of pleading in Disadvantages Scotland appears to combine the disadvantages both of special system . pleading and of pleading at large , without the benefits peculiar to either . On the one hand ...
... matters now stand , the existing system of pleading in Disadvantages Scotland appears to combine the disadvantages both of special system . pleading and of pleading at large , without the benefits peculiar to either . On the one hand ...
Page 612
... matters complained of admits of any remedy by judicial inter- vention ; for , as we have already seen , there are some cases in which the courts will not interfere between a company and its members . If the case appears to be one for ...
... matters complained of admits of any remedy by judicial inter- vention ; for , as we have already seen , there are some cases in which the courts will not interfere between a company and its members . If the case appears to be one for ...
Page 614
... matters were competent only to the prætor ; and in the English and some other modern systems of jurisprudence , they form a considerable part , though by no means the whole , of the duties of courts of equity . The distinction thus ...
... matters were competent only to the prætor ; and in the English and some other modern systems of jurisprudence , they form a considerable part , though by no means the whole , of the duties of courts of equity . The distinction thus ...
Page 615
... matters originally equitable have long since by force of precedent attained the fixity of law , but still continue to be dealt with by the equitable tribunals . But whether the legal and the equitable jurisdictions be entrusted to the ...
... matters originally equitable have long since by force of precedent attained the fixity of law , but still continue to be dealt with by the equitable tribunals . But whether the legal and the equitable jurisdictions be entrusted to the ...
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Page 921 - ... shall amount in respect of one call or more upon one share or more (stating the number and amount of each of such calls), whereby an action hath accrued to the company by virtue of t.hia and the special Act.
Page 1046 - ... a body corporate by the name contained in the memorandum, capable forthwith of exercising all the functions of an incorporated company, and having perpetual succession and a common seal...
Page 1047 - ... a statement of the shares held by each member, distinguishing each share by its number ; and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on the shares of each member : (2.) The date at which the name of any person was entered in the register as a member : (3.) The date at which any person ceased to be a member...
Page 1151 - Les hautes parties contractantes déclarent reconnaître mutuellement à toutes les compagnies et autres associations commerciales, industrielles ou financières, constituées et autorisées suivant les lois particulières à l'un des deux pays, la faculté d'exercer tous leurs droits, et d'ester en justice devant les tribunaux, soit pour intenter une action, soit pour y défendre, dans toute l'étendue des Etats et possessions de l'autre Puissance, sans autre condition que de se conformer aux lois...
Page 1086 - Act, and to such regulations, being not inconsistent with the aforesaid regulations or provisions, as may be prescribed by the company in general meeting ; but no regulation made by the company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such regulation had not been made.
Page 1089 - The notice may also be served by post by a registered letter addressed to the person on whom it is to be served at his last known place of residence or place of business; and, if served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when a letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post...
Page 1061 - Company ; and if any person so summoned, after being tendered a reasonable sum for his expenses, refuses to come before the Court at the time appointed, having no lawful impediment (made known to the Court at the time of its sitting and allowed by it) the Court may cause such person to be apprehended and brought before the Court for examination...
Page 1058 - To carry on the business of the company, so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up of the same.
Page 973 - Subject to the provisions and restrictions in this and the special Act, and any Act incorporated therewith, it shall be lawful for the company, for the purpose of constructing the railway, or the accommodation works connected therewith, hereinafter mentioned, to execute any of the following works...
Page 931 - All acts done by any meeting of the directors, or of a committee of directors, or by any person acting as a director, shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such...