| Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 624 pages
...acting as a "broker," though the mode of selling is peculiar. The general words of the act include all persons " who, either for themselves or as agents or factors for others, get their living by buying and selling." [SIR G. ROSE. — It is difficult to say, whether the term... | |
| Edward Erastus Deacon - Bankruptcy - 1838 - 648 pages
...— among which it specifies " bankers," — goes on to declare, towards the end of the section, that "all persons, who, either for themselves, or as agents...for others, seek their living by buying and selling, &c.," shall also be liable to become bankrupt; but these words, "seek their living," do not apply to... | |
| Abraham Jones Le Cras - Customary law - 1839 - 414 pages
...bargaining, exchange, bartering, commission, consignment, or otherwise, in gross or by retail; and persons who either for themselves or as agents or...and letting for hire, or by the workmanship of goods and commodities. But no farmer, grazier, common labourer, or workman for hire, receiver-general of... | |
| Basil Montagu, William Scrope Ayrton - Bankruptcy - 1839 - 870 pages
...method of sale by auction makes no difference. The general words of the 6 Geo. 4. c. 16. s. 2. include " all persons who, either for themselves, or as agents...others, seek their living by buying and selling," which an auctioneer does. An auctioneer requires an excise licence, and the terms of the licence are,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1839 - 538 pages
...using the trade of merchandise, by way of bargain, exchange, barter, commission or consignment, or by buying and selling, or by buying and letting for hire, or by the workmanship or manufacture of goods or commodities, may be sequestrated 20 without the consent of such Debtor,... | |
| Great Britain - 1839 - 748 pages
...using the Trade of Merchandize by way of Bargain, Exchange, Barter, Commission, or Consignment, or by • buying and selling, or by buying and letting for Hire, or by the Exceptions* Sequestration of Estates of Companies. Sequestration of the Estates of Debtors rctiring... | |
| William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - Law - 1840 - 764 pages
...using the trade of merchandize, by way of bargaining, exchange, bartering, commission, consignment or otherwise in gross or by retail ; and all persons,...hire, or by the workmanship of goods or commodities, provided that no farmer, grazier, common labourer or workman for hire, receiver general of the taxes,... | |
| Law - 1840 - 946 pages
...using the trade of merchandize byway of bargaining, exchanging, bartering, commission, consignment, or otherwise, in gross or by retail; and all persons...factors for others, seek their living by buying and selling(m), or by buying and letting for hire (»), or by ihe workmanship of goods or commodities (o),... | |
| Canada - Law - 1842 - 662 pages
...shipwrights, keepers of inns, taverns, hotels or coffee houses, millers, lumberers or ship-owners, and all persons who, either for themselves or as agents...or factors for others, seek their living by buying or selling, or by buying and letting for hire, or by the workmanship of goods or commodities, shall... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 842 pages
...using the trade of merchandize by way of bargaining, exchange, bartering, commissions, consignment, or otherwise, in gross or by retail; and all persons...shall be deemed traders liable to become bankrupt." It is true, that in the case of Smith v. Scott (a), it was held that the keeper of a private lodging... | |
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