Parliamentary Papers, Volume 23H.M. Stationery Office, 1854 - Bills, Legislative |
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Page iv - Presents will and ordain that this Our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, Our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment : And...
Page iii - We do, by these presents, give and grant to you, or any two or more of you, full power and authority to call before you, or any two or more of you, such persons as you shall judge necessary, by whom you may be the better informed of the truth in the premises...
Page 80 - ... his estate, or all or any of such matters, or any matters having reference thereto, shall (subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned) be as effectual and obligatory in all respects upon all the creditors who shall not have signed such deed or memorandum of arrangement as if they had duly signed the same; and such deed or memorandum, when so signed, shall not be or be liable to be disturbed or impeached by reason of any prior or subsequent act of bankruptcy : provided always, that every...
Page iv - ... the fullest Information on the subject, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever : We Do...
Page xix - Commission, such Bankrupt being privy thereto, or afterwards knowing the same, shall not have disclosed the same to his Assignees within One Month after such Knowledge.
Page 249 - Certificate, if obtained, shall be void, if such Bankrupt shall have lost by any Sort of Gaming or Wagering, in One Day, Twenty Pounds...
Page xix - ... and with intent to diminish the sum to be divided among his creditors, or to give an undue preference to any of his creditors, have concealed from the Court or his assignees any debt due to or from him, or have concealed or made away with any part of his property, of what kind soever.
Page 222 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page xxxii - Every official liquidator shall give security by entering into a recognizance with two or more sufficient sureties, in such sum as the Judge may approve ; and the Judge may, if he shall think fit, accept the security of any Guarantee Society established by charter or Act of Parliament in England in lieu of the security of such sureties as aforesaid, or of any of them.
Page xxxvi - Gazette, have commenced an action, suit, or other proceeding to dispute or annul the fiat, the Gazette containing such advertisement shall be conclusive evidence in all cases...