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misdating

The assignment of a date to something at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

well-known rule of the Common Law was that no possibility, right, title, or thing in action, could be assigned to a third party, for it was thought that a different rule would be the occasion of multiplying

Landlord and tenant

only bound by covenants running with the land (see that title), such as to pay rent, repair, not to assign or otherwise touching and concerning the thing demised; they are not bound by privity of estate by their … 2 KB 45. These covenants are frequently supplemented by undertakings to paint at agreed periods, to insure, not to assign or underlet without the landlord's permission, as modified by the (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927, s. 19

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Debt

this Act abolished that distinction as to priority. As to attachment of debts, see that title. Debts are assignable at law, if the assignment is absolute and in writing, where express written notice of the assignment is

Covenant

land (see below). The benefits of covenants which come within the category of choses in action may be assigned, see Law of Properties Act, 1925, and ASSIGNMENT. A deed addressed to all the world, some times called

Dearle v. Hall

name from this case, reported 1823, 3 Russ. 1, originated with the bankruptcy rule conferring the priority of assignments of choses in action according to the date of notice to the debtor by the assignment, Ryall v.

Magna Carta

her husband by forty days after th death of her husband, within which days her dower shall be assigned her if it were not assigned her before, or that if the house be a castle, and if

Partnership

receiver of his share of profits. The dissolution of partnerships and the taking of partnership accounts are matters assigned to the Chancery Division [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56 (1) (b), replacing (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s.

Uses

thereby making two conveyances necess-ary. Indeed, in the case of terms for years, and other personal property, two assignments ere required for this purpose, until 22 & 23 Vict. c. 35, s. 21; and by the (English)

Priority

instrument under seal, or is otherwise made or constituted a specialty debt. The priority in legal and equitable assignments of equitable choses in action are determined accord-ing to the date of receipt of notice by the persons

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