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" That every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty... "
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania - Page 114
by Horace Binney, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1809
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A General Abridgement of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested ..., Volume 5

Charles Viner - Law - 1792 - 700 pages
...itfclf docs not mention that it ihall be void, but only inilitls a penally in tbe offender ; bccaufe a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the ftamte ; as in the cafe of fimony, and of contract for more than 5 /. for locm of i oo /. per .Holt...
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An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius, Volume 1

William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1817 - 728 pages
...matter or thing, which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute*, is a void contract, although the statute itself doth not mention that it shall...a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are not any prohibitory words in the statute. Hence, in the case of simony, although the statute (31 Eliz....
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An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius, Volume 1

William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1817 - 728 pages
...void contract, although the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only infficts a penalty on the offender ; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are not any prohibitory words in the statute. Hence, in the case of simony, although the statute (31 Eliz....
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A Treatise on the Law Relative to Sales of Personal Property, Volume 3

George Long - Sales - 1821 - 294 pages
...is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute. And in a late case (e), Sir James Mansfield, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, alluding to an old...
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A Treatise on the Law of Sale, Book 282

Mungo Ponton Brown - Contracts - 1821 - 656 pages
...matter or ' thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a 1 void contract, thougli the statute itself doth not mention that it ' shall...penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibiting ' words in the statute' Bartlett v. Vinor, Carth. 252. This principle has been repeated...
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The Law of Contracts and Promises Upon Various Subjects and with Particular ...

Samuel Comyn - Contracts - 1824 - 680 pages
...is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the .statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are 551. See also 2 P. Wms. 170. Doug. 260. (t) Jackto n v. Duchaire, 3 Term Rep. (n) Per Yatet, Just....
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A Supplement to Mr. Barton's Precedents in Conveyancing

S. F. T. Wilde, Charles Barton - Commercial law - 1826 - 660 pages
...for selling pernicious drugs (w). For per Holt, Ch. 3. (.r), " every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful...offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition (,//)." (?) Cockshot v. Bennette, 2 Durnf. and E. 763. Bryant v. Christie, I Stark. 329. 2ii. 416....
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A Supplement to Barton's Precedents in Conveyancing, Volumes 1-2

Charles Barton, Samuel Francis Thomas Wilde - Conveyancing - 1826 - 658 pages
...for selling pernicious drugs (w). For per Holt, Ch. J. (.r), " every contract made for or about aoy matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful...offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition (/rV (?) Cockshot v. Bennette, 2 Durnf. and E. 763. Bryant v. Christie, 1 Stark. 329. 8 it. 416, (r)...
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New Reports of Cases Heard in the House of Lords: On Appeals and ..., Volume 1

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Richard Bligh - Law reports, digests, etc - 1829 - 732 pages
...Viner.* In that case, that learned judge expresses himself thus: " Every contract, made for or about any matter or thing, which is prohibited and made unlawful...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute : as, for instance, in the case of simony, the statute only iniiicts a penalty by way of forfeiture,...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common ..., Volume 12

Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore - Law reports, digests, etc - 1831 - 686 pages
...inconsistent. In Barti leit v. Vlnor, Lord Chief Justice Holt said (ft): " Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute: as, for instance, in the case of simony, the statute only inflicts a penalty by way of forfeiture,...
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