Bankers' Magazine, Journal of the Money Market and Commercial Digest, Volume 13BPC (Bankers' Magazine) Limited, 1853 |
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Page 337 - Indies, or any indorsement or assignment thereon, or on any bond or obligation under the common seal of the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America...
Page 338 - England, or of or in the capital stock belonging, or which hereafter shall or may belong to the governor and company of the Bank of England, called Bank-stock, or to the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America...
Page 43 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 642 - And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present session of parliament.
Page 708 - Provided always that any draft or order drawn upon a banker for a sum of money payable to order on demand which shall, when presented for payment, purport to be indorsed by the person to whom the same shall be drawn payable...
Page 42 - I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th ult.
Page 337 - Seas, as the case may be, such assent in writing under his, her, or their hand or hands, or the hand or hands of his, her, or their agent or agents, together with the amount of his, her, or their respective share or shares in the said SI.
Page 367 - The general rule of the English law does not allow a suit by the assignee of a chose in action. The custom of merchants, considered as part of the law, furnishes, in this case, an exception to the general rule. What, then, is the custom in this respect? It is, that the holder of the bill shall present the instrument, at its maturity, to the acceptor, demand payment of its amount, and upon receipt of the money deliver...
Page 6 - A. is to contribute neither labor nor money, and, to go still further, not to receive any profits. But if he will lend his name as a partner, he becomes, as against all the rest of the world, a partner...
Page 563 - Drafts or Orders for the Payment of Money to the Bearer on Demand, drawn upon any Person or Persons carrying on the Business of a Banker, being duly licensed as aforesaid, within Fifteen Miles of the Place where such Drafts or Orders shall be so paid...