Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference Work ..., Volume 6American Technical Society, 1917 - Architecture |
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Page 223 - No action may be brought upon any contract for the sale or other disposition of land or any interest in land, unless the agreement upon which such action is brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, is in writing, and signed by the party to be charged or by some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorised.
Page 291 - Contractor seven days' written notice, terminate the employment of the Contractor and take possession of the premises and of all materials, tools and appliances thereon and finish the work by whatever method he may deem expedient. In such case the Contractor shall not be entitled to receive any further payment until the work is finished. If the unpaid balance of the Contract price...
Page 282 - The Contract Documents are complementary, and what is called for by any one shall be as binding as if called for by all. The intention of the documents is to include all labor and materials, equipment and transportation necessary for the proper execution of the work.
Page 222 - A valuable consideration, in the sense of the law, may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other": Currie v Misa (1875) LR 10 Exch 153 at 162.
Page 344 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 342 - The slant height of a regular pyramid is the altitude of any one of the lateral faces, as WE.
Page 292 - If such other contractor sues the Owner on account of any damage alleged to have been so sustained, the Owner shall notify the Contractor, who shall defend such proceedings at the Owner's expense and, if any judgment against the Owner arise therefrom, the Contractor shall pay or satisfy it and pay all costs incurred by the Owner.
Page 264 - ... is a question to be decided on the facts of each case, and it would, I think, be wrong for your Lordships' House to anticipate the manner in which the law may develop, but I cannot help thinking that cases where liability will be so imposed are likely to be very rare.
Page 287 - The Owner shall have the right, prior to the signing of the Contract, to require the Contractor to furnish bond covering the faithful performance of the Contract and the payment of all obligations arising thereunder, in such form as the Owner may prescribe and with such sureties as he may approve.
Page 291 - If such expense shall exceed such unpaid balance, the Contractor shall pay the difference to the Owner. The expense incurred by the Owner as herein provided, and the damage incurred through the Contractor's default, shall be certified by the Architect.
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| Title | Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference Work ..., Volume 6 Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference Work, American Technical Society |
| Contributor | American Technical Society |
| Publisher | American Technical Society, 1917 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Oct 2005 |
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