Principles of Mercantile LawMetropolitan College, 1922 - 518 páginas |
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... applies to all contracts concerning lands , and not only to con- tracts for sale . It may be noted , too , that it ... apply and writing was not necessary . A con- tract for a definite period of more than a year , but which is subject ...
... applies to all contracts concerning lands , and not only to con- tracts for sale . It may be noted , too , that it ... apply and writing was not necessary . A con- tract for a definite period of more than a year , but which is subject ...
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... apply , however , to marriage brokage contracts , and in Hermann v . Charlesworth ( 1905 ) money paid was held to be recoverable even when the marriage had taken place . Where an instrument is illegal it cannot be afterwards confirmed ...
... apply , however , to marriage brokage contracts , and in Hermann v . Charlesworth ( 1905 ) money paid was held to be recoverable even when the marriage had taken place . Where an instrument is illegal it cannot be afterwards confirmed ...
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... apply within a reasonable time and provided the misrepresentation is of a substantial and material fact . But an executed contract as , for instance , for a lease or for sale of a chose in action cannot be rescinded except where , as in ...
... apply within a reasonable time and provided the misrepresentation is of a substantial and material fact . But an executed contract as , for instance , for a lease or for sale of a chose in action cannot be rescinded except where , as in ...
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... apply equally to verbal and to written contracts ( a ) — ( 1 ) The construction must be reasonable , according to the intention of the parties , liberal and favourable . ( 2 ) Words must be construed in their plain ordinary and popular ...
... apply equally to verbal and to written contracts ( a ) — ( 1 ) The construction must be reasonable , according to the intention of the parties , liberal and favourable . ( 2 ) Words must be construed in their plain ordinary and popular ...
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... apply to the Court to rescind the contract , which it may do on such terms as it considers just , either as to payment to the trustee or proof against the estate , as the case may be . It was held that the contract was put an end ...
... apply to the Court to rescind the contract , which it may do on such terms as it considers just , either as to payment to the trustee or proof against the estate , as the case may be . It was held that the contract was put an end ...
Términos y frases comunes
acceptance acceptor act of bankruptcy action adjudged bankrupt agent agreement amount apply appointed arbitrator assignment authority bank banker bill of exchange Bills of Sale Board of Trade breach buyer cheque commencement composition or scheme condition consent contract of sale court creditors damages debt debtor deemed delivery discharge dissolution dividend documents drawee drawer duty effect entitled firm fraud given held indorser instrument interest judgment liable lien limited partner limited partnership ment mortgage necessary negotiable negotiable instruments official receiver otherwise owner paid party payable payment person petition possession presentment principal proceedings profits promissory note protest purpose reasonable receiving order registered registrar respect rule scheme of arrangement Scotland seller shares ship stamp statute Statute of Frauds surety thereof tion transaction transfer trustee United Kingdom unless Vict void warranty winding-up
Pasajes populares
Página 361 - The buyer is deemed to have accepted the goods when he intimates to the seller that he has accepted them, or when the goods have been delivered to him, and he does any act in relation to them which is inconsistent with the ownership of the seller, or when, after the lapse of a reasonable time he retains the goods without intimating to the seller that he has rejected them.
Página 11 - A contract for the sale of any goods of the value of ten pounds or upwards shall not be enforceable by action unless the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract be made and signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Página 361 - Subject to the provisions of this Act, when the buyer of goods becomes insolvent, the unpaid seller who has parted with the possession of the goods has the right of stopping them in transitu, that is to say, he may resume possession of the goods as long as they are in course of transit, and may retain them until payment or tender of the price.
Página 326 - On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event, which is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the event does not cure the defect.
Página 361 - Where goods are delivered to the buyer, which he has not previously examined, he is not deemed to have accepted them unless and until he has had a reasonable opportunity of examining them for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are in conformity with the contract.
Página 351 - A bill must be protested at the place where it is dishonored, except that when a bill drawn payable at the place of business or residence of some person other than the drawee, has been dishonored by non-acceptance, it must be protested for nonpayment at the place where it is expressed to be payable; and no further presentment for payment to, or demand on, the drawee is necessary.
Página 334 - Where a bill is addressed to two or more drawees who are not partners, presentment must be made to them all...
Página 192 - And it is agreed by us, the insurers, that this writing or policy of assurance shall be of as much force and effect as the surest writing or policy of assurance heretofore made in Lombard Street, or in the Royal Exchange, or elsewhere in London.
Página 26 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any promise made after full age to pay any debt contracted during infancy, or upon any ratification made after full age of any promise or contract made during infancy, whether there shall or shall not be any new consideration for such promise or ratification after full age.
Página 325 - 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. (2) Unless the contrary appear on the face of the bill the holder may treat it as an inland bill.