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Plene administravit pr'ter

assets admitted and of future assets quando acciderint for the residue of his debt and costs. Bullen and Leake, Pr. Pl.

Precedent

on Contracts. The term 'precedents' is also used to designate the collections of pleadings, such as Bullen and Leake's Precedents of Pleadings, or of forms of wills, settlements, leases, mortgages, and other documents in ordinary use which

Issue

to the meaning of issue in regard to costs, and see PLEADING. Consult Odgers on Pleading; Bullen and Leake's Precedents of Plead-ings. In Scottish practice, the question put to a jury in a civil case is termed

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Restraint of trade

in liberality, Attwood v. Lamont, (1920) 3 KB 571; Dewas v. Fitch, (1921) 2 AC 158; and consult Leake or Chitty on Contracts. An agreement between or combination of businesses intended to eliminate competition, create a mono-poly,

Simple contract

Simple contract, a contract made either verbally or in writing but not under seal. See Addison, Chitty, Leake, or Pollock on Contracts. Before 1870 simple contract debts were, in the administration of the estate of a

Special pleading

dialectic genius of the Middle Ages, but nearly destroyed by modern innovation. See Steph. On Plead.; Bullen and Leake's Prec. of Pleadings; and Chitty's Precedents. See PLEADING.

Use and occupation, Action for

(1841) 1 QB 850] Occupation by the defendant must be proved. See Woodfall, L. and T.; Bullen and Leake's Prec. of Plead.

Leakage

Leakage, an allowance made to merchants for the leaking of casks or the waste of liquors.

Frauds, Statute of

answer for the debt, etc., of another person, see Guild v. Conrad, (1894) 2 QB 884. See Addison, Leake, or Pollock on Contracts; Chalmers' Sale of Goods; Agnew on the Statute of Frauds; and Chitty's Statutes, tit.

Impossibility

L.E.; Hailsham, Edn., tit. 'Contracts,' p. 261, and see generally (ibid), pp. 213, etc. see Addison, Chitty, or Leake on Contracts. Means (1) The fact or condition of not being able to occur, exist, or be done

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