The Maryland Code, Public General Laws, Codified, Volume 1 |
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... given . So , too , the numbering of the sections repealed and re - enacted has not always been successive . Again , it has frequently hap- pened that amendments of existing articles or sections were made without any allusion whatsoever ...
... given . So , too , the numbering of the sections repealed and re - enacted has not always been successive . Again , it has frequently hap- pened that amendments of existing articles or sections were made without any allusion whatsoever ...
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... given to it , inasmuch as in this codification the public local laws of the several counties and of Baltimore city are not included . In an Appendix references are given under the several counties to the specific Public Local Laws in ...
... given to it , inasmuch as in this codification the public local laws of the several counties and of Baltimore city are not included . In an Appendix references are given under the several counties to the specific Public Local Laws in ...
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... given in each State to the , and Congress shall prescribe the manner of prov- ing same .... Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction . The judicial power shall extend to all cases of ... power to make treaties by and with the . To appoint ...
... given in each State to the , and Congress shall prescribe the manner of prov- ing same .... Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction . The judicial power shall extend to all cases of ... power to make treaties by and with the . To appoint ...
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... given in every other State to the public acts , records and judicial proceedings of each State . Full faith and .... Crime , unless on a presentment of a grand jury . No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous ...
... given in every other State to the public acts , records and judicial proceedings of each State . Full faith and .... Crime , unless on a presentment of a grand jury . No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous ...
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... given in each State to the acts , records , and ..... Art . Sec . Page 3 2 39 3 2 39 11 - - 48 , 49 .... 4 1 40 4 1 40 Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts , records , and proceedings .... Judicial and executive ...
... given in each State to the acts , records , and ..... Art . Sec . Page 3 2 39 3 2 39 11 - - 48 , 49 .... 4 1 40 4 1 40 Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts , records , and proceedings .... Judicial and executive ...
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Page 332 - Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, without disclosing his principal, does not exempt him from personal liability.
Page 334 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.
Page 327 - Holder" means the payee or indorsee of a bill or note, who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof. "Indorsement" means an indorsement completed by delivery.
Page 346 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to the drawer in either of the following cases : 1. Where the drawer and drawee are the same person ; 2. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract ; 3. Where the drawer is the person to whom the instrument is presented for payment ; 4. Where the drawer has no right to expect or require that the drawee or acceptor will honor the instrument ; 5. Where the drawer has countermanded payment.
Page 337 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 328 - An unqualified order or promise to pay is unconditional within the meaning of this act, though coupled with — 1. An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is to be made, or a particular account to be debited with the amount; or 2. A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument.
Page 786 - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Page 1092 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by witnesses ; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and Jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
Page 34 - States shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by ballot the Vice-President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 327 - An instrument to be negotiable must conform to the following requirements: 1. it must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer. 2. Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money.