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or misrepresentation. Clear and convincing evidence of the mistake and of the intended agreement is usually required; sometimes parol evidence is sufficient to establish the agreement. This remedy is not applicable to wills. … permitted in cases of fraud or misrepresentation. Clear and convincing evidence of the mistake and of the intended agreement is usually required; sometimes parol evidence is sufficient to establish the agreement. This remedy is not applicable to
Use and occupation, Action for
of what was so held or enjoyed; and if in evidence on the trial of such action any parole demise, or any agreement (not being by deed) whereon a certain rent was reserved, shall appear, the plaintiff … Use and occupation, Action for, an action for dam-ages upon the case for breach of an implied agreement to pay for the use of a landlord's property under the Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo.
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Contract
contracts under seal, otherwise called 'specialty contracts'; (3) simple contracts, which may be either in writing or by parol, or may arise by implication of law from the acts of the parties. All simple contracts require a … of Addison, Anson, Chitty, Leake, Pollock, Pothier, or Story. See also CONSIDERATION,COMMON SEAL, CORPORATION, COMPANY, ILLEGALITY, IMPOSSIBILITY. means agreements between those who are only ostensibly buyers and sellers o stocks and shares where the common intension of
Conditions of sale
'there is no magic in words.' But the conditions should be accurate, for they cannot be contradicted by parol at the sale; 'the babble of the auction room,' as Lord Eldon termed it, being inadmissible as evidence, … room,' as Lord Eldon termed it, being inadmissible as evidence, and this although the purchaser by the written agreement bind himself to abide by the conditions and declarations made at the sale. If the conditions require alteration,
Year to year, tenancy from
This estate arises either expressly, as when land is let from year to year, or by a general parol demise, without any deter-minate interest, but reserving the payment of an annual rent; or impliedly, as when property … legal owner and where an annual rent has been paid, but without there having been any conveyance or agreement conferring a legal interest; and (2) that, whether it arises from express agreement, or by implication of law,
Trust
or constructive trusts, and does not include declarations of trust affecting chattels personal, which may be created by parol, provided they are to take effect during the life of their creator. Since it is not necessary that … to be done to complete the title of the trustees, for then a consideration is not essential. An agreement founded on a meritorious consideration (i.e., a secondary valuable consideration, as in favour of a wife or children)
Will, Estate at
by construc-tion of law. S. 54 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, enacts that a lease by parol for a longer term than three years shall have the force and effect of an estate at will … years would in law be surrendered. An estate at will is created either by the stipulation or express agreement of the parties, or by construc-tion of law. S. 54 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, enacts
Corporation or body politic
under seal between private persons, or signed, if signature only would be required between private persons; or by parol, if parol is sufficient between private persons; these respective contacts must be made by authorized persons. Further, s.
Notice to quit
as tenant with the party applying has ceased. A verbal notice to quit by a tenant under a parol lease is sufficient, but where a power is given to determine a lease on giving a notice in … the premises. This rule is to be invariably followed in all cases, except where there is some special agreement between the parties to a different effect, or where a particular local custom intervenes, or where the (English)
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