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Revocation of agency

several ways:- (I) by the act of the principal, either (a) Express, as (1) By direct and formal writing, publicly a advertised; (2) By informal writing to the agent privately; (3) By parol; or (b) Implied from

Resignation

of the High Court of Justice, or of the Court of Appeal, may be vacated by resignation in writing under his hand, addressed to the Lord Chancellor, without any deed of surrender, (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s.

Preamble

1. Preamble' has been defined in the Oxford English Dictionary to mean 'a preliminary statement, in speech or writing; and introductory paragraph, section, or clause; a preface, prologue, introduction'. It has further been defined there as 'an

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Power

two witnesses is a valid execution of a power of appointment by deed or by any instrument in writing not testamentary, notwithstanding it shall have been expressly required that a deed or instrument in writing made in

Notice

LAND CHARGES; REGISTRATION OF LAND; PRIORI-TIES; MORTGAGE. See also PUBLIC NOTICE. Notice does not necessarily mean 'communication in writing'. When the Legislature used the word 'notice' it must be presumed to have borne in mind that it

Slander

Slander, the malicious defamation of a person bywords; as a libel is by writing, etc. It is actionable in the following cases: (1) where the words impute a criminal offence; (2) where

Misrepresentation

not part of the principal contract and upon letting premises may not be required to be put into writing under the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 40, reproducing s. 4 of the Statute of Frauds, see De

Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English)

ss. 26 and 52 of that Act); (3) that the consideration for a guarantee need not appear in writing; (4) that a guarantee to or for a firm ceases upon a change in the firm (this s.

Marriage

proved, amounts to a legal marriage without any such process. Moreover, the promise must either be proved by writing of the promisor, or by confession of it on oath. The result is that if the promise was

Label

Label [fr. labellum, Lat.], narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed, writing, to writ, hanging at or out of the same; and an appending seal is called a label (Jac.

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