The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 35F. Hunt, 1856 - Commerce |
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... amount according to the agreement , as follows : - $ 2,000,000 , i . e . , 5 per cent interest on the capital , forming three - fourths of the profits belonging to the shareholders . 10 per cent dividend . 4,000,000 , 1,200,000 ...
... amount according to the agreement , as follows : - $ 2,000,000 , i . e . , 5 per cent interest on the capital , forming three - fourths of the profits belonging to the shareholders . 10 per cent dividend . 4,000,000 , 1,200,000 ...
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... amount ; and , this agreement hav- ing been made , promises to give him in payment a note made by his fellow - townsman , X Y Z , for seventy dollars , which he received a few weeks ago , for work done , and which will soon fall due ...
... amount ; and , this agreement hav- ing been made , promises to give him in payment a note made by his fellow - townsman , X Y Z , for seventy dollars , which he received a few weeks ago , for work done , and which will soon fall due ...
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... amount of a debt , and the question has been compromised , and a less amount than was claimed has been paid and accepted in satisfaction of the whole , it is de- The sirable the receipt should state that the sum has 58 The Law Merchant :
... amount of a debt , and the question has been compromised , and a less amount than was claimed has been paid and accepted in satisfaction of the whole , it is de- The sirable the receipt should state that the sum has 58 The Law Merchant :
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... amount due , after consideration of the rights of both parties ; and payment of the amount specified , as final satisfaction of those rights . It is true , that if the receipt was obtained by fraud , it can be set aside ; or if for any ...
... amount due , after consideration of the rights of both parties ; and payment of the amount specified , as final satisfaction of those rights . It is true , that if the receipt was obtained by fraud , it can be set aside ; or if for any ...
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... amount . There is this defi- ciency about it , that it does not state the intended application of the pay- ment . When there is liable to be difficulty in respect to this point , a receipt should be taken . Similarly , it is not usual ...
... amount . There is this defi- ciency about it , that it does not state the intended application of the pay- ment . When there is liable to be difficulty in respect to this point , a receipt should be taken . Similarly , it is not usual ...
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Page 109 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 416 - Covenant and combine ourselves together into a Civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof, to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 683 - ... breakings -down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured, four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer.
Page 35 - It is directly concerned with the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the materials upon which we expend our labor, and the things which we buy and sell.
Page 227 - fire and marine" insurance. SEC. 9. Any person violating the provisions of this act within this state, shall upon conviction thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 416 - King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 543 - ... all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody the same may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the board of regents to receive them, and shall be arranged in such order, and so classed, as best [to] facilitate the examination and study of them...
Page 361 - ... if any false statement be made in such certificate or affidavit, all the persons interested in such partnership shall be liable for all the engagements thereof as general partners.
Page 109 - Convinced that the maxims which they now proclaim cannot but be received with gratitude by the whole world, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries doubt not that the efforts of their Governments to obtain the general adoption thereof will be crowned with full success. The present Declaration is not and shall not be binding, except between those Powers who have acceded, or shall accede, to it.
Page 355 - Act, either in person or through another, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars; and...