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" A valuable consideration in the sense of the law is said to 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. "
Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: Building superintendence ... - Page 322
1909
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Commentaries on the Law of Bills of Exchange: Foreign and Inland, as ...

Joseph Story - Bills of exchange - 1847 - 704 pages
...Secondly. What, then, is a valuable consideration in the sense of the law ? It may, in general terms, be said to consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit, accruing to the party, who makes the contract, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, responsibility, or act, or...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 186

Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 802 pages
...broke ground for that mill in September, 1912." "A 'valuable consideration,' in a legal sense, may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or...benefit accruing to one party, or some forbearance, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other." Words and Phrases, vol. 2, p....
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Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes: And Guaranties of Notes, and ...

Joseph Story - Checks - 1856 - 758 pages
...Secondly. What, then, is a valuable consideration in the sense of the law? It may, in general terms, be said to consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit, accruing to the party who makes the contract, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, responsibility, or act, or...
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A Treatise on Fraudulent Conveyances and Creditors' Bills: With a Discussion ...

Frederick Scott Wait - Creditors' bills - 1884 - 808 pages
...215. Moral obligations. § 207. Concerning consideration and good faith. — Consideration has been said to consist "either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility, given, suffered or undertaken...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 172

Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1214 pages
...73; Simpson & Co. v. Dalí, 3 Wall. 476, 18 L. Ed. 265. "A valuable consideration has been defined to consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the party who makes the promise, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, responsibility, act, labor,...
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Notes and Commentaries on the Sale of Goods Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. Ch. 71 ...

Richard Brown - Sales - 1895 - 448 pages
...contracts, whether written or verbal, except such as are constituted by a formal deed under seal. It is said to consist " either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken...
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Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to ...

Sir William Reynell Anson - Agency (Law) - 1895 - 536 pages
...of Currie tion de- „_. fined. V. MtSCl : — 'A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to one party, LR or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, 0 . or undertaken by the...
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McMaster's Commercial Decisions Affecting the Banker and Merchant ..., Volume 6

James Smith McMaster - 1903 - 1004 pages
...what she considered as the pure gospel preached.' " What constitutes value may, in general terms, be said to consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the party who makes the promise, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, responsibility, act, labor,...
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A Treatise on Commercial Paper and the Negotiable Instruments Law: Including ...

James Webster Eaton, Frank Bixby Gilbert - Bills of exchange - 1903 - 872 pages
...must be valuable.— Story defines a valuable consideration as follows: " It may, in general terms, be said to consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit, accruing to the party who makes the contract, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, responsibility, or act, or...
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Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases, Volume 2

Law - 1904 - 1032 pages
...Sterling v. Sinnickson, 5 NJ Law (2 Southard) 756, 760. A "valuable consideration," in a legal sense, may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or...benefit accruing to one party, or some forbearance, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other. St. Mark's Church v. Teed, 120...
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