A Digest of the Laws of the State of Connecticut ...

S. Converse, 1822 - Forms (Law) - 1653 pages

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... Usury , 311 Section X. Of Contracts made in a Foreign Country , 321 Section XI . Of Principal and Agent , 327 Section XII . Of Contracts by Partners , 336 Section XIII . Of Covenants , 353 Section XVI . Of Bailment , Section XVII . Of ...

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... usurious conside- rations , are void . The subject of consideration , will be more fully consid- ered , when we treat of contracts . 5. There must be a subject matter , or something contracted for , and sold , which must be sufficiently ...

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... usury , would be void . ( b ) So , a wager respecting the future amount of any branch of the public revenue , is illegal , because it leads to improper dis- cussions , and is contrary to sound policy . ( c ) A wager between two electors ...

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... usury , or respecting unlawful games , are void . ( w ) It has been decided in England , that all contracts in violation of the right of the East India Company , granted by act of parliament , to an exclusive trade to the . East Indies ...

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... usurious contract , declared void by the statute , if the borrower has paid the illegal interest , he may recover it back in an action ; for the statute was made to protect the necessitous from the gripe of the usurer ; and to ans- wer ...

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BOOK FIRST Of the Rights of Persons CHAP I Of Rights in general	9

Of the Right of Personal Security	15

Of the Right of Personal Liberty	17

Of the Right of Private Property	18

Of Parent and Child	40

Of Guardian and Ward	48

Of Master and Servant	60

Of Corporations	69

Of Title by Possession	161

Of Things Personal	167

Of Promises	395

Of Title by Gift and Copy Right	438

BOOK THIRD	461

Of Redress of private Wrongs by suit or action	473

liberty	494

Of actions for Injuries that affect the relative rights	500

BOOK SECOND Of Things CHAP I Of the several kinds of Things	73

Of the several kinds of Estates in Things Real	74

Of Estates in Fee Simple	75

Of Estates in Fee tail	78

Of Estates for life	82

Of Estates for years	87

Of Estates at Will and by Sufferance	89

Of Estates upon Condition	92

Of Estates in remainder and reversion	94

Of Joint Tenants Tenants in common and Coparceners	102

Of Incorporeal Property	104

Of the Right to the Ocean Navigable rivers and Riv ers not Navigable	109

Of Title by Descent	112

Of Title by Deed	119

Of Title by Devise	134

Of Title by Execution	154

Of Title by Escheat	156

Of Title by Prescription	157

Of Replevin	522

Of Trover	533

Of Trespass on the case	539

Of the writs of Mandamus Prohibition Quo Warranto	563

Of actions founded on Contracts	570

Of Writ and Process Appearance and Bail	588

Of Pleadings	598

Should have been printed IX	601

Of the declaration and pleadings in actions for Injuries	640

Of the declaration and pleadings in the action	662

Of the declaration and pleadings in the action of debt	674

Of the declaration and pleadings in the action of	681

Of the declaration and pleadings in the action of	725

Of Trial	736

and	774

Of Judgments and Petitions for New Trials	783

Of Writs of Audita Querela and Writs of Error	789

Of Execution and its consequences	794

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Title	A Digest of the Laws of the State of Connecticut ... Volume 1 of A Digest of the Laws of the State of Connecticut, Zephaniah Swift Volume 1 of A Digest of the Laws of the State of Connecticut: In Two Volumes, Zephaniah Swift
Authors	Zephaniah Swift, Connecticut
Publisher	S. Converse, 1822
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	Aug 14, 2012
Length	1653 pages

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