A Commercial Dictionary: Containing the Present State of Mercantile Law, Practice, and Custom, Volume 1Reprint of the first edition. Originally published: Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, 1804. 3 volumes. * Reprint of the rare first American edition (1804), based on the 1803 London edition with much new American material added. It is a very important economic and legal source, originally intended for merchants, offering a wealth of information about contemporary commercial and maritime law, international business practices and fascinating descriptions of commercial ports and their primary imports and exports. Montefiore also discusses the present state of banks and insurance companies in the United States, the laws of copyright and letters patent, the regulation of the coasting trade, the funding system and state of the [U.S.] National debt [and] a very interesting memoir upon the growth, manufacture, and qualities of Madeira wine. With a subscriber list that includes Horace Binney, Alexander James Dallas, Peter S. Duponceau and William Rawle. Montefiore [1762-1843] was an English solicitor who moved to the United States after the War of 1812. He published several other works on commercial law. |
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Page xxxi
... sold cheaper than our own ; the nation grew thinner of " people , and provisions not selling so well , the pro- prietors turned much land into sheep walks , for supplying the Netherlands with wool . ” sr << 66 It is certain , that about ...
... sold cheaper than our own ; the nation grew thinner of " people , and provisions not selling so well , the pro- prietors turned much land into sheep walks , for supplying the Netherlands with wool . ” sr << 66 It is certain , that about ...
Page 63
... sold to satisfy the de- mand , and no appeal is made from that sentence , but be- tween the seizure and decree a writ of execution issues against the owner at the suit of another creditor , the sheriff cannot under this writ take the ...
... sold to satisfy the de- mand , and no appeal is made from that sentence , but be- tween the seizure and decree a writ of execution issues against the owner at the suit of another creditor , the sheriff cannot under this writ take the ...
Page 76
... sold ( together with the ship ) his interest in the agreement of indemnity . Agves y . Wilson , East . T. 20 G. III . B. R. [ But notwithstanding a sale by one of the members , the responsibility of the others to him continues as long ...
... sold ( together with the ship ) his interest in the agreement of indemnity . Agves y . Wilson , East . T. 20 G. III . B. R. [ But notwithstanding a sale by one of the members , the responsibility of the others to him continues as long ...
Page 131
... sold , & c . cannot be attached ; but a debt due may be at- tached by the administrator , an administrator being with- in the custom . 1 Ventr . 3 . Debts may be attached in the hands of an attorney in the King's Bench , and he shall ...
... sold , & c . cannot be attached ; but a debt due may be at- tached by the administrator , an administrator being with- in the custom . 1 Ventr . 3 . Debts may be attached in the hands of an attorney in the King's Bench , and he shall ...
Page 135
... sold by order of the assignees under a commission of bankruptcy , or goods imported into this kingdom from any ... sold in this kingdom by or for the benefit of the captors thereof ; nor to any ships or goods that may be wrecked or ...
... sold by order of the assignees under a commission of bankruptcy , or goods imported into this kingdom from any ... sold in this kingdom by or for the benefit of the captors thereof ; nor to any ships or goods that may be wrecked or ...
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Page 74 - ... any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof ; unless the agreement, upon which such action shall be brought or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page xx - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Page 72 - And the said records and Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 420 - ... the debt; and if they will they shall have the lands and rents of the debtor, until they shall be satisfied for the debt which they paid for him, unless the principal debtor can show himself acquitted thereof against the said sureties.
Page 399 - ... surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever...
Page 425 - It shall not be lawful from henceforth to any to give his lands to any religious house, and to take the same land again to hold of the same house. Nor shall it be lawful to any house of religion to take the lands of any, and to lease the same to him of whom he received it. If any from henceforth so give his lands to any religious house, and thereupon be convict, the gift shall be utterly void, and the land shall accrue to the lord of the fee.
Page 330 - That any such prisoner may move for and obtain his habeas corpus as well out of the chancery or exchequer as out of the king's bench or common pleas; and the lord chancellor or judges denying the same, on sight of the warrant or oath that the same is refused, forfeit severally to the party grieved the sum of 500 /. 8.
Page 251 - ... requisite for its immediate accommodation, in relation to the convenient transacting of its business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts, previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.