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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
Moral consideration
Moral consideration. A mere moral consideration will not support a promise by parol. See CONSIDERATION.
Away-going, or Way-going crops
Wigglesworth v. Dallison, 1 Sm LC, decided by Lord Mansfield in 1799, and to apply to tenants by parol agreement as well as by deed or written contract of demise, and this for the benefit and encouragement
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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
Consideration
promise is presumed. Valuable consideration may be described as the very life and soul of a simple contractor parol agreement. Valuable consideration may be:-- (a) Benefit to the promisor or loss or injury sustained by the promisee.
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,
Burial
that an exclusive right of burial in a vault is an easement, and therefore cannot be granted by parol or by mere writing without a deed. Burial must not take place except after the Registrar of Births,
Brevia testata
Brevia testata, written memoranda, introduced to perpetuate the tenor of a conveyance and investiture, when grants by parol only became the foundation of frequent dispute and uncertainty. To this end they registered in the deed the
Blank transfer
able to ascertain from the context who was intended to take (Re Harrison, (1885) 30 Ch D 390). Parol evidence is never admissible to fill in the blank. See Theobald on Wills.
Advancement
holding the interest vested in him in trust for the parent. The presumption of advancement is rebuttable by parol or other extrinsic evidence. In all cases the whole of the surrounding circumstances must be considered (Re Whitehouse,
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