Gifts necessity for Delivery of the Thing or of Deed of Gift
Statutes of 13 & 29 Eliz. against fraudulent Gifts of Lands, &c.; and of
Goods and Chattels to defraud or hinder Creditors -
Contracts What Contracts or Agreements are binding at Law
Consideration necessary
Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange
Power of Devising or Bequeathing Personal Estate
Not interfered with at the Norman Conquest
Rationabilis Pars secured for Wife and Children
Customs preserved in London and Province of York
Commissioners of Bankrupt-their Office under 13 Eliz. & 1 Jas. I.—
Distribution of Estate, real and personal, amongst the Creditors of
the Bankrupt
Consolidation of Bankrupt Laws by Statute 6 Geo. IV. c. 16
The later Statutes-Court of Bankruptcy created-Permanent Commis-
sioners appointed in London-Court of Review-Permanent Com.
missioners appointed in the Country