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 76
... action or remedy therein ; and it is therefore right to stipulate expressly , that the party by whose default a ... action brought against him by the obligor , who executed the instrument 76 AGR tain, as to give an action or remedy ...
... action or remedy therein ; and it is therefore right to stipulate expressly , that the party by whose default a ... action brought against him by the obligor , who executed the instrument 76 AGR tain, as to give an action or remedy ...
Page 105
... action . 6 Mod . 182. 3 Burr . 1306 . [ The case cited from 6 Mod . 182 , so far from warrant- ing the position that an indictment will lie against one who entices away an apprentice , is an express decision to the contrary ; it being a ...
... action . 6 Mod . 182. 3 Burr . 1306 . [ The case cited from 6 Mod . 182 , so far from warrant- ing the position that an indictment will lie against one who entices away an apprentice , is an express decision to the contrary ; it being a ...
Page 121
... action be 10. and upwards . And by 19 G. III . c . 17 , no person can be arrested and held to bail in an inferior court , unless the cause of action be also £ 10 . In actions in inferior courts under £ 10 . where judg ment is obtained ...
... action be 10. and upwards . And by 19 G. III . c . 17 , no person can be arrested and held to bail in an inferior court , unless the cause of action be also £ 10 . In actions in inferior courts under £ 10 . where judg ment is obtained ...
Page 129
... action ; otherwise the first idea was well arranged , and founded upon solid principles . ASSIGNEES . See Bankruptcy . ASSIGNMENT . An assignment is an absolute transfer of all the interest which the assignor has in the property as ...
... action ; otherwise the first idea was well arranged , and founded upon solid principles . ASSIGNEES . See Bankruptcy . ASSIGNMENT . An assignment is an absolute transfer of all the interest which the assignor has in the property as ...
Page 141
... action for them in his own name against the buyer , even where the goods were sold at the proprietor's own house , and were known to be his property ; for he has a possession coupled with an interest in the goods , and also a special ...
... action for them in his own name against the buyer , even where the goods were sold at the proprietor's own house , and were known to be his property ; for he has a possession coupled with an interest in the goods , and also a special ...
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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.