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Agreement in writing
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Parol agreements
Parol agreements, such as are either by word of mouth or are committed to writing, but are not under seal.
Frauds, Statute of
to answer for the debt, default or miscarriages of another person, or to charge any person upon any agreement made upon considera-tion of marriage [an expression held not to apply to the agreement to marry (Cork v. … (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 54), all interests in land created by parol and not put in writing and signed by the parties making the same, or their agents lawfully authorized by writing, have the effect
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Lease
doctrine leases which would be void because they are not made by deed may be enforceable as an agreement upon the same terms as if the lease had been granted, Walsh v. Lonsdale, (1882) 21 CD 9. … a lease except a lease which may be made by parol (see above) must in all cases be in writing; (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 40 (reproducing part of s. 4 of the Statute of Frauds), unless the
Specific performance
fraud of one of the parties. (4) When the land is partnership property. Where a partnership, or an agreement in the nature of one, exists between two persons, and land is acquired by the partnership as a substratum … from one party in order to render binding the promise of the other. (f) The contract must be in writing if so required by the Statute of Frauds. See Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 40, replacing s.
Representation
be proved by parol or extrinsic evidence, even if the contract to which it is collateral must be in writing under the Statute of Frauds or otherwise, if the principal or written contract is wholly silent on the … by words or by conduct -- made to induce some one to act esp. to enter into a contract, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1303. Any indication by words, letters, signs or conduct by one person
Contract
a mutual identity of consent (consensus ad idem), and form. When an agreement is stated either verbally or in writing it is usually called an express contract; when the agreement is matter of inference and deduction, it is
Guaranty, or Guarantee
defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriages of another person, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memoran-dum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and … to guarantee until it be accepted is not binding. At Common Law a guarantee need not have been in writing, but the Statute of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3), s. 4, enacts that 'No action shall be
Misrepresentation
or to the prejudice of any one claiming under him; (3) causing, however innocently, a party to an agreement, to make a mistake as to the substance of the thing which is the subject of the agreement. … representation of the credit, trade, dealings, etc., of another, to obtain credit for that other, unless it be in writing, signed by the party to be charged therewith, See Hirst v. West Riding Banking Co., (1901) 2 KB
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years' uninterrupted enjoyment, and absolutely indefeasible after sixty years, except by showing that the enjoyment was by some agreement in writing. (2) Claims to ways or 'other' easements or use of water are prima facie indefeasible after twenty years' … years' uninterrupted enjoyment, and absolutely indefeasible after forty years, except by showing that the enjoyment was by some agreement in writing. (3) Claims to light for a building uninterruptedly enjoyed for twenty yeas are absolutely indefeasible after twenty years'
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