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Hire-purchase system
to be able to sell or pledge the goods as if he were a 'mercantile agent', Helby v. Matthews, 1895 AC 471; Brooks v. Biernstein, (1909) 1 KB 98. Distinguish from agreements such as in Lee v.
Frauds, Statute of
29 Car. 2, c. 3 (A.D. 1676). This famous statute is said to have been famed by Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Keeper Guilford, and Sir Leoline Jenkins, an eminent civilian. Lord Nottingham used to say of it,
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Witchcraft
a commission against witchcraft in 1494; five hundred persons were burnt as witches in Geneva in 1515; Sir Matthew Hale condemned the Suffolk witches to be burnt in 1664 (see 6 State Trials, 647); and a woman
verdict
verdict and the interrogatories, the trial court may determine that the answers to the interrogatories prevail "Berk v. Matthews, 559 N.E.2d 1301 (1990)"] see also interrogatory, special interrogatory compare special verdict in this entry in·struct·ed verdict :
Brawling
to a penalty of not more than 5l., or imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months, See Matthews v. King, (1934) 1 KB 505. To object to a deacon presenting himself for ordination as priest, that
Counterpart
may be departed fromit the mistake be clearly in the lease, Burchell v. Clark, (1876) 2 CPD 88; Matthews v. Smallwood, (1910) 1 Ch 777. The lessee cannot without agreement be made to pay the costs of
Drunkenness
was aware of the fact, but it is not void, and may be ratified when he becomes sober, Matthews v. Baxter, (1873) LR 8 Ex 132. Mere drunknness was punishable by statutes 4 Jac. 1, c. 5,
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