Forms.

PAGB

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Form 4. - Indenture to put in Trust the Property of a Married Woman
5. - Another Form of Indenture in Trust, for Property of Unmarried

Women

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CHAPTER VI.

AGREEMENT AND ASSENT.

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III.

Section I. - The Legal Meaning of Agreement
II. What is an Assent.

Offers made on Time
IV. – A Bargain by Correspondence.
V. - What Evidence may be received in Reference to a Writtten

Contract
VI.- Custom or Usage

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Forms.
Form 6. - General Agreement, sufficient for many Purposes .

7. — General Agreement, as used in the Western States
8. General Contract for Mechanic's Work
9. — Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Land, in Use in the Mid-

dle States
10. — Agreement for Sale of Land, in Use in the Western States
11. — Agreement for Warranty Deed, used in the Western States
12. — Contract to convey Real Estate, in Use in the Middle States
13. — Agreement for the Purchase of an Estate, in Use in New Eng-

land
14. — Agreement for the Sale of an Estate by Private Contract
15. — Agreement to be signed by an Auctioneer, after a Sale by

Auction
16. — Agreement to be signed by the Purchaser, after a Sale by

Auction
17. — Agreement to make an Assignment of a Lease
18. — Agreement for making a Quantity of Manufactured Articles
19. — Agreement between a Trader and a Bookkeeper
20. - Agreement for Damages in laying out or altering Road
21. — Agreement between a Person who is retiring from the Active

Part of a Business, and Another who is to conduct the
same for their Mutual Benefit.

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Form 22. — Brief Building Contract

23. - Full and Minute Building Contract
24. - Specification to be annexed to the Building Contract

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Form 25. — Simple Bond, without Condition
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26. - Bond for Payment of Money, with a Condition to that Effect,

with Power of Attorney to confess Judgment annexed 99
27. - Bond for Conveyance of a Parcel of Land .

100
28. - Bond for a Deed of Land, with Acknowledgment before Nota-

101
29. – Bond in Another Form, for Conveyance of Land, with Ac-
knowledgment

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30. - Bond to Corporation for Payment of Money due for Contribu-

tion to Capital Stock, with Power of Attorney to confess
Judgment.

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CHAPTER IX.

ASSIGNMENTS.

Instruments to which the term is particularly given

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Form 31. — Brief Form of an Assignment to be indorsed on a Note, or
any Similar Promise or Agreement

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32. - General Assignment, with Power of Attorney

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33. — Assignment of a Bond

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34. - Assignment of a Bond, with Power of Attorney, and a Cove-
nant .

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35. — Assignment of a Judgment, in the Form of an Indenture . 108
36. — Assignment of Wages, with Power of Attorney ·

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Forms.
Form 37. — Bill of Sale of Personal Property

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38. — Bill of Sale of Personal Property, with a Condition to make
it a Mortgage with Power of Sale

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Section V. - The Sale of One's Business .

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Form 42. -Letter of Guaranty.

43. — Guaranty with Collaterals, authorizing Sale .
44. — Guaranty with Collaterals, promising Additional Security or

authorizing Sale.

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CHAPTER XIII.

THE STATUTE OF FRAUDS.

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Section I. - Its Purpose and General Provisions

II. - Promise to pay the Debt of Another.
III. — Agreement not to be performed within a Year
IV. - The Form and Subject-Matter of Agreement

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Remarks on the Nature of Receipts, and Degrees of Fulness thereof.

Forms.
Form 45. — Receipt for Money.

46. — Another Form of Receipt for Money
47.- Receipt for Papers or other Articles
48. — General Release
49. — Mutual General Release by Indenture
50. — Release from Creditors to a Debtor, under a Composition
51. - Release of all Legacies
52. — Release of a Bond, it being lost
53.- Release of a Judgment
54. - Release of a Condition

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Form 57. — Release from a Lessor to a Lessee (upon bis surrendering his
Lease) from the Covenants therein.

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58. General Release of Dower

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59. Release of Dower to the Heir

151
60. — Release of Dower in Consideration of an Annuity given by Will 152

Release of Dower when the Husband of the Widow joins in
the Deed

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-Release of a Trust

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63.- Release of Right to Lands

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64. Release between two Traders in settling Accounts

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CHAPTER XVI.

NOTES OF HAND AND BILLS OF EXCHANGE, DRAFTS, AND CHECKS.

Section I. - The Purpose of, and the Parties to, such Papers

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Forms.

Forni 65. — Common Form of a Bill of Exchange

66. — Common Form of a Promissory Note .

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Section II. - What is Essential to a Negotiable Note or Bill

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Form 67.— Form of a Note given for a Chattel sold, with a Condition pre-
serving the Ownership of the Seller.

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Section III. - Consideration of Negotiable Paper.

IV. - Rights and Duties of the Maker

V. - Rights and Duties of the Holder of Negotiable Paper
VI. — Rights and Duties of the Indorser .
VII. — Rights and Duties of the Acceptor.
VIII. — Acceptance or Payment for Honor.

Form 68.-Judgment Note, with Waiver.

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69. - Judgment Note, with Waiver and Power of Attorney.

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70. — Judgment Note, with Fuller Waiver and Power of Attorney. 191