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... Receipt - Of the occasion for giving and taking Receipts - How long to keep Receipts . By Аввотт BROTHERS , Counselors - at - Law , of New York 57 JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW . The Vanderbilt Company - Charter - Party .... 64 Common ...
... Receipt - Of the occasion for giving and taking Receipts - How long to keep Receipts . By Аввотт BROTHERS , Counselors - at - Law , of New York 57 JOURNAL OF MERCANTILE LAW . The Vanderbilt Company - Charter - Party .... 64 Common ...
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... RECEIPT . THE following is a full and complete receipt , adapted to a fictitious case : - The case is , that Mr ... receipts are by usage given at the time of the payment . Should the date be misstated by mistake , the error might ...
... RECEIPT . THE following is a full and complete receipt , adapted to a fictitious case : - The case is , that Mr ... receipts are by usage given at the time of the payment . Should the date be misstated by mistake , the error might ...
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... receipt is signed by the very person to whom the payment is ultimately to go , his signature at the foot is sufficient . Where the receipt is made out and signed by an agent of the real payee , there are two ways of drawing it up ...
... receipt is signed by the very person to whom the payment is ultimately to go , his signature at the foot is sufficient . Where the receipt is made out and signed by an agent of the real payee , there are two ways of drawing it up ...
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... receipt , however , does not affect claims which are not properly matters of account . Upon a still more extensive and thorough settlement , parties give and take receipts " in full of all demands . " These receipts prevent any future ...
... receipt , however , does not affect claims which are not properly matters of account . Upon a still more extensive and thorough settlement , parties give and take receipts " in full of all demands . " These receipts prevent any future ...
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receipt . The note had not become payable , but a receipt may operate upon existing claims and demands , although a present right of action upon them may not have accrued , while it would not operate as a bar to claims or demands not ...
receipt . The note had not become payable , but a receipt may operate upon existing claims and demands , although a present right of action upon them may not have accrued , while it would not operate as a bar to claims or demands not ...
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Page 109 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
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 412 - 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 670 - In the autumn, when your horses are fat and strong from the mountain pastures, you can go down into the plains and hunt the buffalo, or trap beaver on the streams. And when winter comes on, you can take shelter in the woody bottoms along the rivers ; there you will find buffalo meat for yourselves, and cottonwood bark for your horses : or you may winter in the Wind River valley, where there is salt weed in abundance. " The Crow country is exactly in the right place. Every thing good is to be found...
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 677 - Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country, to avoid it as they would the devil; for a thousand to one they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings -down.
Page 359 - The business of the partnership shall be conducted under a firm in which the names of the general partners only shall be inserted, without the addition of the word
Page 412 - 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 353 - 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...
Page 30 - And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us : whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.