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CONTENTS.
SUCH of the Precedents and other parts of the work to which an asterisk is prefixed, have been inserted by the PRESENT EDITOR.
AGREEMENTS.
*INTRODUCTION, a practical outline of the law of agreements......................
No. I.
*An Agreement to apply for an Act of Parliament to inclose common
Fields and waste Lands...
No. I. Rider A.
*Abstract of the General Inclosure Acts, 41 Geo. III. c. 109. and
1&2 Geo. IV. c. 23.......
No. II.
*An Agreement that one Creditor, or next of Kin of an Intestate,
shall take out letters of Administration, in trust for their common
Benefit....
No. III.
An Agreement between a Principal in the Country and an Agent in
London, for the Sale of Articles of Manufacture.......
Agent.
16
No. IV.
*An Agreement by a Merchant or Manufacturer with an Agent,
Factor, or Broker, to take and dispose of goods abroad.............
29
No. V.
*An Agreement between a Tradesman retiring from active business,
and a confidential Agent for the management of it for his benefit... 33
No. VI.
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*An Agreement by a Society of Tradesmen for appointing an Agent
to prevent abuses and impositions by their Country Dealers......... 37
No. VI. Rider A.
5 Geo. 4. c. 74. *Abstract of 5 Geo. IV. c. 74. for ascertaining and establishing Uni-
formity of Weights and Measures......
42
No. VI. Rider B.
6 Geo. 4. c. 94. Abstract of 6 Geo. IV. c. 94. for the better Protection of the Pro-
perty of Persons entering into Contracts in relation to Goods, &c.
intrusted to Factors or Agents..............................
Assign.
Bailiff.
Broker.
Build.
No. VII.
*An Agreement to Assign the Benefit of a Contract for a Purchase
before the Master.......
*An Agreement between a Landholder and a Bailiff for the Manage-
ment of a Farm, &c.........
No. IX.
*An Agreement between an Underwriter and a Broker, for the In-
surance of Ships, &c..........
No. X.
An Agreement between a Builder and his Employer, for Building a
House, &c. all Materials being found by the Builder (with varia-
tions).....
No. XI.
*An Agreement for Building several Houses, or a new Street or Row. 67
No. XII.
An Agreement with a Builder to take down and rebuild the Front
of a House, and do other Repairs........
69
No. XIII.
*An Agreement by a Landlord (or Tenant) to Build up. Premises de-
stroyed by Fire..........
72
No. XIV.
*An Agreement by a Parish (or a Body of Joint Proprietors) for
erecting a Workhouse or other Public Building.....
No. XV.
*An Agreement for Building a Merchant Ship or Vessel (with va-
riations)......
No. XVI.
75
81
.....
*An Agreement for Building a Merchant Ship, and to let the same
to Freight to a Merchant....
85
No. XVII.
*An Agreement to Charge Lands with the Payment of a Debt pre-
viously owing (see also post. "CHARGE.)......
Charge.
87-
No. XVIII.
An Agreement by a Person entering into Co-partnership, to Charge
his Share of the Business with a Sum borrowed to make up his
Proportion of Capital (with variations)...............................
89
No. XIX.
*Memorandum of an Agreement for a Charter-party between a
Master or Owner of a Vessel and a Merchant.......
Charter-party.
93
No. XX.
'An Agreement by a Merchant or Tradesman with a Person as a
Managing Clerk.....
Clerk.
95
No. XXI.
*An Agreement between a Merchant, or Tradesman, and a Clerk as
Book-keeper and Accountant
98
No. XXII.
*An Agreement to set up and work a Stage Coach by Joint Pro-
prietors...
Coach.
100
No. XXIII.
*An Agreement with a Coachmaker for the Hire of a Chariot, and
keeping it in Repair (with variations)...
Coachmake
107
No. XXIV.
Defect of Tille. Agreement between a Vendor and Purchaser for retaining a part of
the Purchase Money until a Defect in the Title, by reason of the
Minority of one of the Vendors (or the like), be removed......................
No. XXV.
Defect of Title. An Agreement that no advantage shall be taken of any Defect of
Title by reason of part of the Premises being omitted out of an
Assurance
109
112
No. XXVI.
Defect of Title. An Agreement not to take advantage of a Defect of Title arising by
a Misnomer in a Deed, and to execute further Assurances........... 114
No. XXVII.
Defect of Tule. An Agreement by a Vendor to take a Re-conveyance of Premises
sold, subject to a Defect of Title, if not cured within a given Time
(see also post. "BOND").............................
Deputy.
Division.
Enclose.
No. XXVIII.
116
*An Agreement between a Register (or other principal Officer) and
his Deputy relative to the Fees and Emoluments of the Office...... 119
No. XXIX.
*An Agreement between Brothers and Sisters (or others) to make
an equal Distribution of the Personal Estate of their father (or
other relative), if an unequal Distribution be made by his will...... 122
No. XXX.
*An Agreement by Proprietors of Common Field Lands to divide and
enclose the same; and to procure a Decree in Chancery, or Act of
Parliament, to ratify the Division if requisite....
125
Enfranchise.
Engraving.
No. XXXI.
An Agreement for a Deed of Enfranchisement of Copyhold Premises. 129
No. XXXII.
*An Agreement with an Engraver to engrave a Set of Cuts or Prints
for a Publication......
132
No. XXXIII.
Exchange.
An Agreement for an Exchange of Freehold Lands (with variations) 134
No. XXXIV.
An Agreement between Parishioners to contribute rateably towards
the Expence of a Suit for Tithes, &c. (with variations)
No. XXXV.
.......... 139
*An Agreement between Assignees under a Commission of Bankrupt
(or other Creditors or Persons) to bear the Expences of Suits in
proportion to their respective Debts or other Interests................ 144
No. XXXVI.
*An Agreement for Freight between a Master of a Ship or Vessel
and a Merchant for the whole tonnage; and to execute a Charter-
Party (with variations)
Expences.
Freight.
146
No. XXXVII.
148
...
*An Agreement for Freight between the Master of a Vessel and se-
veral Merchants for the whole ship's tonnage (with variations)
No. XXXVIII.
*An Agreement for Freight between a Merchant having a Charter-
party, or Bill of lading for a certain number of tons, and one who
takes on hire a part of the same number...................
No. XXXIX.
An Agreement to take a Furnished House, or Apartments.......
No. XL.
*An Agreement between Owners of a Ship and a Captain or Master
leaving the ship, to indemnify him against Bills of Lading, &c.
contracted by him for their use (see also post. "Bond," "INDEM-
NITY").....
No. XLI.
*An Agreement between a Master and a Journeyman, Shopman, or
hired Servant
No. XLII.
*An Agreement between a Master and Mariners of a Coasting Vessel. 158
Mariners.
No. XLIII.
*An Agreement between a Master and Mariners to perform a Voyage
to Foreign Parts......
159