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Sales (contd.):

by executors, 4689, 4692-5.
by husbands, 2455.
by partners, 6788.
during transit, 5580.
for tolls upon railways,
10793:

in winding up partnerships,
7063.

of heirlooms, 4658.
purchases and, 5430.
under bills of sale, 6408.

see also "Powers of sale."

Sales of land:

agency and, 11655.
agreements and, 12451-6.
anciently illegal, 296.

by auctions, see" Auctions."
by charity trustees, 54 47.
by coparcener, 145.
by deeds, 116-123.

by joint tenants, 253.
by minors, 3227.

common rights and, 513.
copyholds and, 286.
executors and, 4618.
freeholds and, 116.
notice to tenants of, 9351.
restriction of, 60.

to avoid mortmain, 4242.
to charity trustees, 5423-4.
under powers, 12824.
under settlements, 2742.
verbal agreements for,
12458.

wives freeholds and, 2241.
Sales of leases, 1346, 1371-

1379, 1398.

Sales of pawns:

advertisements of, 6344,6351.
April and, 6348.
auctioneers and, 6340-4.
by auction, 6339.
catalogues of, 6340.
certain periods for, 6348.
compulsion respecting, 6339.
days for, 6348-9.

fifteen months and, 6337.
forced, 6367.

in any way, 6339.

January and, 6343.

June and, 6348.

Mondays and, 6348.

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in partial close time, 947.
in strict close time, 947.
lights in, 923.
nets for, 927, 928.
on Sunday, 945.
season, 947-950.
subject to Home Office, 957.
traps and machines for, 929.
weirs, 958.

Sanatory abuses as nuisances,
8542.

Sandpits, leases of, 1481.
Sashes of windows, 8681.
Satisfaction for bills of sale,
6423-6.

months appointed for, 6348. Saturdays:

special, 6345-51.

ten shillings and, 6338-9.

twelve months and, 6331-2.
under ten shillings, €335.
value and, 6338-9.
Sales of shares:

dissolutions of partnerships
by, 7010.
of companies, 7195.
'Shares.'

see also

bills payable on, 5998.
pawnbroking on, 6167.
wages and, 9829, 9838.

Savings:

of pin money, 2801.
of servants, 9738.
of wives, 2053.

[2098.

of women about to marry,
settlements of, 2729-35.

Savings banks:

legacy duty and, 4922.
marriage and, 2089-90.

plate in, 6405.

separate, 6399.

separate stamps for, 6407.
sets in, 6403.

together with deeds, 6399.
Schoolmasters:

authorized to detain, 3047.
authorized to flog, 3046.
authorized to punish, 3046.
cruelly-disposed, 3049.
express prohibition of, 3051.
extensive immunities of,

3052.

[3079.

liable for debts of pupils,
not liable for false imprison-

ment, 3048.

qualified murder by, 3050.
the plain truth about, 3033.
transfer of parents' autho-
rity to, 3045.

Schools:

Charity Commissioners and,
clergy and, 6691. [5360.
debts of pupils at, 3076.
mortmain and, 4250. [12625.
notices of removal from,
poor's rates and, 8931, 8951.
under charitable trusts,
5403-12.
[4926.
Science and legacy duty,
Scientific institutions, poor's
rates and, 8935.
Scientific tests, stakeholders
and, 11741-50.
Scolds as nuisances, 8588.
Scotland:

exempt from mortmain,4248.
marriage in, 1649, 1752,
1807-8.

[As a general rule, the law
of Scotland, upon almost all
subjects, differs very much
from the law of England, and
is not dealt with at large in
this book. See Appendix V.]
Scratching husband's face,

3433.

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shore as a boundary, 574-
wills of sailors at, 4073.
Sea service, indentures of ap-

prenticeship to the, 10167.
Sealed offers in winding up
partnerships, 7072.
Scals of companies:
authorized use of, 7772.
compulsory, 7478.
contracts under, 7771.
contracts without, 7780.
liquidators entitled to use,
[7478.

7977-

names of companies upon,
unauthorized use of, 7773-
Seals of deeds: 12714.
acknowledgment of, 12727.
adhesive stamps for, 12716.
beforehand, 12720-2.
die stamps for, 12717.,
end of walking stick for,
essential, 12714. [12719.
impressions upon, 12718-22.
one to represent several,
removal of, 12781-2. [12723.
signing against, 12726.
wax for, 12715.
Searches for bills of sale, 6455-
Seats, passengers and, 10673-
Secondary carriers, 10449. [7.
Second pawnees, 6271.

Secret:

biddings at auctions, 11428.
profits of partners, 605.
securities of partners, go6.
settlements, 2590-2631.
Secret debts, bankruptcy and,
13634-

Secretaries of companies:
as servants, 11116.

contracts by letters of, 7777-
poor's rates and,8926. [7321.
under articles of association,
under inspectors, 7848-51.
see also Permanent mana-
gers.
Secreted goods, carriers and,
10533-4- [gers, 1069o.
Secreted persons not passen-,
Secrets, servants and, 9919.
Sects:

charitable trusts and, 5386.
wills and, 4179-
Secure purchases, 5431.
Secured creditors, bankruptcy |
and, 13660-2.
Securities: 5838.

[6786.

as choses in action, 5667.
belonging to partnerships,
by minors, 3176.
carriers and, 10496.
commercial, 5839.
documentary evidences of
debts, 5838.

fire office, 11764, 11780.
limitations and, 6677.
marriage and, 2170.
names of companies upon,
of widows, 2421. 17480.
of wives, 2441
property in, 1628.
required of servants, 9886.
Securities in bankruptcy:

13373-

[S.

trustees and, 13479-82.
Securities under trusts:
debentures as, 5216-18, 5237-
deferred claimants and, 5232.
directions of decds respect-
ing, 5208.

exoneration of trustees re-
specting, 5234.
good mortgages as, 5212.
government funds as, 5211.
government funds in defi-

ance of deeds as, 5233-4.
in England or Wales, 5235-
influence of cestui que

trusts upon, 5224.
losses upon, 5230-1.
minors and, 5229.
miscellaneous, 5237-
mortgages as, 5212-15, 5235-
no power to vary, 5209.
not in England or Wales,
5236.
personal, 5221, 5239.

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shares as, 5217, 5220, 5137-3.
shifted, 5222-3.

surveys essential to, 5214
unsound, 5210.

utmost care necessary with,
wives and, 5229. 15213
Security:

of bills of sale, 6463
of title, reasonable proba-
bility the only, 376
prior deeds best, 322
Seignory, 383.
Seizing:
fish, 907.

game, 824, $29.
tackle, 912, 913.
Seizures for rent:

distress and, 9118-24
removal after, 9230-L
second, 9342-3

tender after, 9280.
tender before, gena
Self-defence, trespass in, 8425
Self-insurance, 11 [don"
Sellers of shares, are "Vea-
Selling:

apprentices and, 10112.
by agents, 11575-

game, restrictions in, 842.
horses, as affecting cruely,
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salmon, restrictions in, 95--
Selling of stamps: 12864
bond required for, 12871.
discretion of commissiers
concerning, 12870.
forged stamps and, 12877.
hawking and, 12876
licences for, 12875

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miscellaneous stamps 224
notices of, 12872-4-
on premises only, 1:873
penalty for unlicensed
12865.

postage stamps and, 128 6
without licence, 12864-5
Semi-criminal wives, 2178.
Senior servants, agency and
9761.
Separate:

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arrangements of partners,
business of partners 11-17
business of wives, wils A,

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answerable to magistrates,
9885-7-
[tices.'
apprentices as, see "Appren-
as agents, see Agency."
assaults by, 9923.
assaults upon, 9804-5.
assent to lateness of, 9733.
assistants as, 9594.
assumption of undue au-
thority by, 9920.
as trespassers, 9951.

bankruptcy and, 13547.
bargains and, 5468.

beating, 9806.
blacksmiths as, 9394.
boy, 9704.

breaches of contract by,9958

breakage by, 9734.
breakfast time and, 9727.
brief absence of, 9912.
carelessness of, 9735-
care of, 9720.
carpenters as, 9594.
caution to, 9648.
characters of, see

"Charac-

ters of servants.'
Christmas Days and, 9877.
circumspection of, 9648.

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exposure of, 9906.
Factories Acts and, 6706-8.
failure of duty of, 9908.
false pretences of, 9914.
farm, 9858, 9885, 9945:
fellow, see "Agency.'
female, 9704.
fine of, 9887.
footmen as, 9594.
forfeiture by, 9888-91.
forgetfulness of, 9916.
four days lost by, 9889.
frequent lateness of, 9730.
Good Fridays and, 9877.
grades of, 9594-
gratuitous, 9596, 9601.
habitual lateness of, 9731.
hangers-on as, 9872.
hardship upon, 9906.
holidays of, 9663-5, 9876-7.
home, 9740-2.
implied contracts with,9606.
implied engagements of,

9598.

implied obligations of, 9599.
implied qualifications of,

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Mondays and, 9664.
months and, 9890.
mortmain and, 4232.
mutual engagements_with,
nephews as, 9603.

nightwork and, 9667.

[9595.

notice to leave and, see

"Notice to leave."
obedience of, 9718.

obligations of, 9689.

option of, 9881.

of carriers, 10456, 10528-32.
of trustees, 5143-
overtime and, 9666.
partnership assumed by,
9920. [10741, 10745-6.
passengers' luggage and,
past acts and, 9607.
pawnbrokers', 6177.
pawning by, 9741.
penal punishment of, 9739.
poor's rates and, 8925.
presence of, 9698.
pretended, 10251.

promises to, 12527-30.
promptitude of, 9725.
public holidays and, 9877.
punctuality of, 9725.
qualifications of, 9719.
quarters and, 9890.
railway, see "Railway ser-

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workmen as, 9594-

wrongful dismissal of, 9880.
yearly, see Yearly hir-

years and, 9891. fings."
young girls as, see "Juve-

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nile servants."
see also "Contracts of hir-

ing and service."
see also "Service."
Servants of companies :

directors and, 7334-
have no preference, 880.
Servants of partnerships:
677, 6774.
partners and, 6946-7.
Service: 9687. [12516-18,
agreements and, 12512,
commencement of, 9687.
customs of, 9701-3.
denial of, 10252.
facilities for, 9694.

Factories Acts and, 970411.

failure of, 9700.

gratuitous, 9596, 9601, 9809,
hours of, 9704.

notice to leave, see "Notice
to leave."

piecework and, 9699, 9700.
subsequent commencement
of, 9680.

unremunerated, 9813.

verbal

12459.

agreements

wages for, see "Wages."

work and, 9693, 9699.

for,

Service of petitions in bank-

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barred, 5744. [ruptcy, 13659.
barred by acts of bank-
bills and, 5747-

calls upon contributories
and, 5758, 8097.
companies and, 5755-
compulsory liquidation and,
damages and, 5741-3 [5737.
executors and, 5003, 5752-2.
factors and, 5748-50. [5739-
goods not delivered and,
illustration of, 5738..
individual debts and, 5763.
joint plaintiffs and, 5762.
joint-stock liabilities and,

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Sets:

!Settlements (contd.):
ante-nuptial,

bills in, 5936-42.
bills of sale and, 6403.
Settlements: 2518.
actions concerning, 2767.
affected by deaths of hus-
bands, 2770. [wife, 2760.
affected by elopement of
affected by the "Married

Women's Property Act,"
2732

affected by wives' breaches

of trust, 2758-9.
aliens cannot effect, 2572.
ambiguity in, 2725.

and found money, 2735.

"Ante-

nuptial settlements.'
anticipation of, 2701-31.
arbitrations and, 12196.
as advancements, 4823-
as against creditors, 2361.
as against trustees, 2751-
as jointures, 2479-

as tenants for life, 2803-30
at York, 2175-
[4747-

balancing accounts with,

bankruptcy and, 13024-32.
bargained for, 2848.
bargains and, 5504
barred, 349.

borrowing to secure, 2919.
by deeds, 2558.

by female minors, 2569.
by guardians impossible,
by husbands, 2104. [2505
by intending husbands,
by love letters, 2108 (2583
by minors, 2564-70, 3228.
by requisition, 2565.
by wills, 2556, 2693, 3895-
by wives, 2102-3, 2571.
by women about to marry,
2157, 2161, 2587.
cancellation of, 2690, 2693-5-
children's interest in, 2372,

2374-

circumstances of, 2920.
claims of wives to, 2352.
collusive, 2535-

competency to create, 2563.
compulsory, 2352, 2518.
confirmations of, 2570
creating tenancy for life,
2803-30.

see also "Tenant for life."
creditors and, 2921.

cross accounts with, 2753-7-
custom respecting, 2175-
deeds of, 2689, 2931-S.
defeated, 189.

definition of, 2550.

distinctions between, 2530

doubtful, 2559.

duration of, 2360.

efficacy of, 2843-9

endless variety of, 2696.
essential words in, 2705.
exceptional, 2530.
execution of, 2922.
failing health good plea for,
2364

fatal indifference about,2744-
for a consideration, 2521
for separate maintenance,
formal, 2519.
17233-
forms of, 2931-8
fraudulent, see "Frauds
lent settlements."
gifts out of, 2737-41, 2745-
heirlooms and, 4657-

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nuptial settlements."
power of disposal under,
2736.
power of sale under, 2742.
power to devise, 2734.
preliminary agreements for,
[respecting, 2004.
of husbands

2925.
prerogative
proceedings to procure,2353.
prominent points of, 2697.
property available for, 2727.
purchases as against, 2763.
re-, 2578.

rents and incomes of, 2766.
rents out of, 2741.

Settlements (contd.):

responsible trustees of, 2764.
restraints upon anticipation
of, see "Restraints upon
anticipation
ments."

of

settle-

risk of concealed, 333.
risks of delaying, 2355.
secret, 2590.
securest mode of, 2803.
sequestration of, 2761.
simplest form of, 2551.
spontaneous, 2419.
stamps necessary to, 2924.
sufficient ground for, 2367.
time no bar to equity of,
2354.

titles and, 307..

to create entails, 178, 2577,
2698, 2934.

to wives' separate use, 2905.
trustees and, 5279.

under divorce, 3759, 3771.
under voluntary separation,
3294.
universality of, 163.
upon an illegitimate child,

2937.

upon female minors, 2566.
upon husbands, 2586.
upon posthumous children,
[2573.
2958.
upon wards in chancery,
usual proportion of com-
pulsory, 2357.
usually bar alimony, 2307.
voluntary, see "Voluntary
settlements.

wards in chancery and, 2369.
wills of, 2771.

without trustees, 2762, 2765.
Settlements in bankruptcy:

collusive, 2881.
farmers and, 2862.
fraudulent, 2878.

imperative condition about,
2852.

incongruous effects of, 2856.
incredible intention respect-
[2865.
ing, 2857.
mischievous sanction of,
non-traders and, 2861.
oppressive law of, 2854-7.
swindling by means of, 2867.
ten years respecting, 2853.
traders and, 2860. [2912-13.
two years respecting, 2851,
uncertainty of, 2859.
unrestricted, 2863.
Settlors' heirs, precedence of,
[192.
Seven days:

arbitrations and, 12210.
awards of arbitrators and,
[12403.
in bills, 5996.
Seven, fourteen, or twenty-
one years in leases, 8353-

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in leases, 8331.
rates, 8757.

see also "Drains."
Sham luggage of guests at
inns, 11334.
Sham marriages, 1888.
Sharebrokers, bankruptcy and,
13339.
Shareholders of companies:
addresses of, 7647.
after failure, 9681.
amounts paid by, 7647.
auditors may be, 7284.
balance-sheets and, 7812.
character of, 7380.
concealments from, 7677.
conditional, 7676.
continual responsibility of,
see "Past shareholders."
contributories and, So29.
creditors and, 7682.
cross dealings of, 7136.
defeat of majorities of, 7885.
defrauded, 7681-2.
end of remedies of, 7681.
entered upon registers, 7648.
entire recoupments of, 7680.
entitled to copies of memo-
randums and articles of
association, 7596-7.
entitled to copies of special
[7157.
statements, 7810.
exoneration of,

female, 7201.
frauds upon, 7678.
idiot, 7233-

7139-40,

ignorance of, 7156. [7674-5.
incapacitated persons as,
individual exoneration of,
liability of, 7158. [7139-40.
lists of, see
"Lists."

lunatic, 7233:

meetings called by, 7833.
members and, 7688.

minors as, 7674-5.

names and addresses of, 7647.
objectionable, 7381.
of forfeited shares, 7209.
past, see
"Past share-
holders."

personal character of, 7380.
precautionary notices tc,
quorums and, 7372.

(7625.

reduction of, a ground for

winding up, 7895.

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