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Straw, Man of
of, a man of no substance. A transfer of shares, in a company, to such a man is good, subject to its regulations, so as to relieve the transferor from liability to pay calls upon the shares,
Not negotiable
and a 'warrant for payment of a dividend' within s. 95 of the same Act. A banker in good faith and without negligence receiving payment for a customer who has no title is entitled to the protection
Subject to war clause
under a contract con-taining such a clause, no implication is to be derived from the delivery of the goods by one party or the payment made by the other consequent on such delivery, Bishop & Baxter Ltd.
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Abduction
statutes 13 Edw. 1, c. 34 & 35, dealing with the carrying away of married women with the goods of their husbands, the abduction of nuns and of wards appear no longer to be of practical effect.
Book of account
or both of these operations of arithmetic. A book which contains successive entries of items may be a good memorandum book; but until those entries are totalled or balanced, or both, as the case may be, there
Reasonable
(1968) 1 Mys LJ 453. Reasonable. If there be a contract to do a thing or to buy goods, and no time or price is mentioned, the law implies that the thing was to be done in
Expedit reipublica ne sua re quis male utatur
Expedit reipublica ne sua re quis male utatur [Lat.], It is for the public good that no one should use his property badly.
Hopeless
Destitute of hope having no expectation of good despairing
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
Law has been encroached upon by various statutes; by 4 Edw. 3, c. 7, as to trespass to goods (no limit of time by that statute), and the Civil Procedure Act, 1833, s. 2, as to trespass
Bazaar
Bazaar-(1) daily market or market-place; (2) a place for the sale of miscellaneous goods for no profits to the sellers but for the purpose of raising funds for some charitable purpose. These
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