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Implied contract
will reimburse the sub-tenant. The implied contracts which the law infers are very numerous. See Chitty, Addison, or Leake on Contracts; LANDLORD AND TENANT.
Replevin
now rarely brought, it being usually more convenient to sue for damages for illegal distress. Consult Bullen and Leake, Prec. of Plead., 7th Edn. pp. 393, 816. Replevin, is a remedy ground and granted upon a distress,
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,
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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.
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
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
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:
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
marry, Finley v. Chirney, (1880) 20 QBD 494, or to write a book or paint a picture, See Leake on Contracts; Broom's Max.; Twycross v. Grant, (1877) 4 CPD 40; Phillips v. Homfray, (1993) 24 Ch D
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