...upon any Agreement made upon Consideration of Marriage, or upon any Contract or Sale of Lands, Slaves, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or any Interest in or...making thereof ; unless the Agreement, upon which such Actions shall be brought, or some Memorandum or Note thereof, shall be in Writing, and signed by the...

...contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; 5, or upon any agreement that is not to be performed...thereof, unless the agreement upon • which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party...

...PART I. U Statute of Frauds. Cowp. 3s. I Esp. Dig. 16, IbM, Lord March v. Figot, 5 Bnrr. 180z. space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement, upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum, or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party...

...hereditaments, or the making any lease thereof for a longer term than one year ; or upon any agreement which is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the promise or agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall...

...them ; or upon any agreement that is not " to be performed within the space of one year from th« " making thereof, unless the agreement upon which such...other person thereunto by him " lawfully authorized." It will be proper to remark, that this section was intended for the relief of personal representatives...

...contract or sale of land-, tenement-;, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them — or ppon any agreement, that is not to be performed within...other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized." it ( i ). Nor are the words of the statute to be construed so strictly, as to make it necessary to...

...whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriages of another person — or to charge any person upon...other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.'' (a) Vide Sears v. Brink, 3 Johns. Rep. 210. which was an action on a contract for the sale of lands,...

...upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any interest in, or concerning of them, or upon any agreement that is not to be performed...thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to...

...of his own estate; or to ' charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer ' for the clebt, default, or miscarriage, of another person ; or '...other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized." .' r.,,j - . \ . . It will be proper to remark, that this section was intended for the relief of personal...

...executor or administrator, upon any special " promise, to answer damages out of his own estate; or to " charge the defendant upon any special promise...thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall " be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall " be in writing, and signed by the party...