A Treatise on the Statute of Frauds,: As it Regards Declarations in Trust, Contracts, Surrenders, Conveyances, and the Execution and Proof of Wills and Codicils. : To which is Prefixed a Systematic Dissertation Upon the Admissibility of Parol and Extrinsic Evidence, to Explain and Controul Written Instruments |
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according action admission admitted afterwards agreed ambiguity appears attested bill charge circumstances cited clause codicil collateral common law consideration considered contract conveyance copyhold courts of equity debt declaration deed defendant delivered delivery dence devise disposition distinction doctrine effect executed executor expressed extrinsic evidence freehold given ground held instrument intention interest Johns judges Justice lands lease legacy lessee letter Lord Chancellor Lord Darlington Lord Hardwicke Lord Macclesfield Lord Mansfield Lord Thurlow Lordship marriage ment mortgage observed operation opinion parol agreement parol evidence part-performance party payment perjury personal estate plaintiff present presumption principle promise proof proved purchase question real estate received rent respect resulting trust rule seems signed specific performance statute of frauds subscribed sufficient surrender tenant term testamentary testator's thereof thing three witnesses tion trust unless vendee Vern void wherein wife words writing written