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Contract
Frauds and Companies Act,1929, and as to contracts generally, see the works on Contracts of Addison, Anson, Chitty, Leake, Pollock, Pothier, or Story. See also CONSIDERATION,COMMON SEAL, CORPORATION, COMPANY, ILLEGALITY, IMPOSSIBILITY. means agreements between those who are
Ejusdem generis
affirmed, (1908) AC 406. For instances of the application of the rule, see Maxwell or Hardcastle on Statutes; Leake on Contracts; Theobald on Wills.
False return
nulla bona to writ of fi. fa, after levying is actionable; for form of claim, see Bullen and Leake, Prec. Of Pl. A process server's or other court officials recorded misrepresentation that process was served, that some
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Fishery
(Earl) v. Harris, (1908) 2 Ch 397; 1911 AC 623; Coulson and Forbes on the Law of Waters; Leake on Uses and Profits of Land. No right can exist in the public to fish in an inland
Form
a document or its contents apart from the substance. See Conveyancing Forms and Precedents; Chitty's Forms; Bullen and Leake's Prec. Of Pleading. The outer shape or structure of something, an dis-tinguished from its substance or matter. Black's
Guaranty, or Guarantee
the discharge of the debtor part of it by the guarantor. See INDEMNITY. Consult De Colyar on Guarantees; Leake or Chitty on Contracts
Illegal contract
Mildmay, (1937) 53 TLR 885. Illegality super-vening by act or change in the law terminates the contract. See Leake or Chitty on Contracts; Odgers on the Common Law. An illegal contract cannot be sued on. See maxim:
Waiver
waiver in law, notwithstanding any protest. (2) Declining to take advantage of irregularities in proceedings. Consult Bullen and Leake's Prec. of Plead, and Broom's Leg. Max. under the titles Consensus tollit errorem, Quilibet potest renunciare juri pro
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