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" England to be that an action may be maintained upon a wager, although the parties had no previous interest in the question on which it is laid, if it be not against the interests or feelings of third persons, and does not lead to indecent evidence, and... "
The Journal of Jurisprudence - Page 398
1875
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The Law Relating to Transactions on the Stock Exchange

Henry Keyser - Stock exchanges - 1850 - 384 pages
...action may be maintained on a wager, although the parties had no previous interest in the question on which it is laid, if it be not against the interests...last constitutionally abrogated by the legislature; an event which probably would have happened much sooner without the abortive attempts to accomplish...
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The Law of Pleading and Evidence in Civil Actions ..., Volume 2, Part 1

John Simcoe Saunders - Civil procedure - 1851 - 776 pages
...action miyht be maintained on a wager, although the parties had no previous interest in the question on which it is laid, if it be not against the interests...indecent evidence, and is not contrary to public policy. And this is the law now in force in the East Indies, the above statute not extending to that country...
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The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of ..., Volume 36

Law - 1851 - 488 pages
...subject-matter on which it is laid, if such wager be not against the interest or feelings of third persons, does not lead to indecent evidence, and is not contrary to public policy. A mere circumstance that a wager concerns the public revenue or creates a temptation to do wrong, will...
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The Law Magazine: Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, Volume 15; Volume 46

Law - 1851 - 484 pages
...subject-matter on which it is laid, if such wager be not against the interest or feelings of third persons, does not lead to indecent evidence, and is not contrary to public policy. A mere circumstance that a wager concerns the public revenue or creates a temptation to do wrong, will...
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A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and ...

Hugh Barclay - Justices of the peace - 1855 - 998 pages
...subject-matter on which it is laid, if such wager be not against the interest or feelings of third parties, does not lead to indecent evidence, and is not contrary to public policy ;" Thackoorseydas, б Moore, 300 (Privy Council.) A person keeping a gaming house may be convicted...
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The Southern Law Review, Volume 1

Law - 1875 - 870 pages
...action may be maintained upon a wager, although the parties had no previous interest in the question on which it is laid, if it be not against the interests...last constitutionally abrogated by the legislature."* Not only were immoral and indecent wagers invalid, but also those which the judges chose to consider...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 12

Law - 1875 - 462 pages
...action may be maintained upon a wager, although the parties had no previous interest in the question on which it is laid, if it be not against the interests...third persons, and does not lead to indecent evidence, aiid is not contrary to public policy. I look with concern and almost with shame on the subterfuges...
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Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: Being a Treatise on ..., Page 776

Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1876 - 694 pages
...action may be maintained on a wager, although the parties had no previous interest in the question on which it is laid, if it be not against the interests...England long resorted in struggling against this rule " (a). It may surely be thought at least doubtful whether decisioas so produced and so reflected upon...
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Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: Being a Treatise on ..., Page 776

Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1876 - 692 pages
...action may be maintained on a wager, although the parties had no previous interest in the question on which it is laid, if it be not against the interests...and does not lead to indecent evidence, and is not contrar}- to public policy. I look with concern and almost with shame on the subterfuges and contrivances...
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Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: Being a Treatise on ..., Page 776

Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1881 - 848 pages
...action may be maintained on a wager, although the parties had no previous interest in the question on which it is laid, if it be not against the interests or feelings of third persons, and docs not lead to indecent evidence, and is not contrary to public policy. I look with concern and almost...
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