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Page 153
... allowed to waive a tort and sue in Indebitatus Assumpsit . Lord Mansfield upheld a non- suit . " The present case ' , he said , ' is singular and depends upon a peculiar system of strict positive law . Distraining cattle , doing damage ...
... allowed to waive a tort and sue in Indebitatus Assumpsit . Lord Mansfield upheld a non- suit . " The present case ' , he said , ' is singular and depends upon a peculiar system of strict positive law . Distraining cattle , doing damage ...
Page 162
... allowed to be created by will ; and the old objections were removed , by changing the name from remainders to executory devises . ' Reason and elegance required a similar relaxation in the case of deeds . ' When these limitations came ...
... allowed to be created by will ; and the old objections were removed , by changing the name from remainders to executory devises . ' Reason and elegance required a similar relaxation in the case of deeds . ' When these limitations came ...
Page 187
... allowed to deter- mine the ambit of Quasi - Contract and the Commercial Law . A more sinister significance coloured its applica- tion to Case and Trover . The common lawyers viewed with dismay the spectacle of a favourite writ ...
... allowed to deter- mine the ambit of Quasi - Contract and the Commercial Law . A more sinister significance coloured its applica- tion to Case and Trover . The common lawyers viewed with dismay the spectacle of a favourite writ ...
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accepted action for money admitted agreement alleged allowed argued argument assigned Assumpsit authority Baron bill of exchange Blackstone brought Burrow Chancery Chief Justice cited common law conscience consideration contract conveyancers Coulson counsel court of equity court of law Cowper debt decision declaration deed defendant determined devise doctrine doubt Douglas evidence fact favour feudal ground heirs Holliday House of Lords Indebitatus Assumpsit indorsed indulge intention issue judge judgment judicial jurisprudence jury Justice Buller Justice Wilmot King's Bench language lawyers litigation Lord Hardwicke Lord Holt Lord Mansfield ment mercantile merchants Murray negotiable instruments objection offered opinion paid parties plaintiff sued plea pleading practice precedent principle promise to pay promissory note Quasi-Contract question ratio decidendi Raym reason received recover Reports rule in Shelley's rule of law ship sought Statute technical term testator tion trespass trial Trover trust verdict words writ