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LAW MERCHANT,

need not be pleaded, 2, note (e).

LEGACY,

when it will amount to payment, 224.

when a bill or note might operate to bequeath, 4.

LETTER,

direction of, containing notice of dishonour, 276.

LIEN,

of bankers, 2, note (e), 164, 174.
power of sale in cases of lien, 174.
when determined by a bill, 383.
when it revives, 383.

not destroyed by mutual credit, 367.

LIMITATIONS, STATUTE of,
policy of the law, 336.
when introduced, 337.
the present statute, 337.

division of the subject, 337.

its general effect, 338.

does not destroy the debt, 338.

foreign Statute of Limitations, 339.

what proceedings it limits, 339.

as to the exception of merchants' accounts, 339.

effect of statute on subsequent indorsee, 339.

when it begins to run, 340.

on a bill payable after date, 340.
payable on a contingency, 340.
payable by instalments, 340.
against an administrator, 340.
on a bill at or after sight, 340.
on a bank note, 341, note (d).
on a bill on demand, 341.
after demand, 341.

in case of fraud, 342.

in case of accommodation bill, 342.

where there has been both non-acceptance and non-payment, 342.
up to what period of the suit, time of limitation computed, 342.

death of parties after action, 343.

how avoided by issuing a writ, 343.

the saving clause, 344.

infants, married women, lunatics, prisoners, and parties abroad,
344, 345.

supervening disabilities, 345.

acknowledgments and payments, 346 to 356.

of what sort, 346.

when to be made, 351.

by whom, 351.

before action brought, 351.

Lord Tenterden's Act, 346.

evidence of date of acknowledgment, 348.

construction of acknowledgment, 348.

mutual running account, 348.

devise, 348.

acknowledgment by executors, 349.

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of 357.

lapse of time, independent of statute, when a bar, 357. liquidaton

LLOYD'S BONDS. See p. 67, note (ƒ).

LOAN SOCIETIES,

action on note given to, 74.

stamp on notes issued by, 112.

LORDS' ACT. See Insolvent Debtors' Act, 468.

LOSS OF BILLS AND NOTES,

see App., 17 & 18 Vict. c. 125, s. 87, 377.

title of the finder, 324, 332, 370.

title of the finder's assignee, 370.

proper course for the loser, 370.

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Beter by 73.

cannot bring an action against the postmaster-general, 370.
public notice of loss, 371.

presentment and notice of dishonour, 372.

whether an action at law lies on a destroyed bill, 372, 377.

will not lie at common law on a lost bill, 373, 377.

at least not unless not negotiable, or transferable by indorsement
only, 374.

bill in hands of adverse party, 372.

loss after action brought, 374.

loss of half-notes, 375.

trover for lost bills, 375.

action for money had and received, 375.

remedy in equity, 375.

lost bill when a payment, 382.

when payment of a lost bill protected, 219.

a court of law has no jurisdiction under the 9 & 10 Will. 3, c. 17,

s. 3..376.

indemnity to be given by the loser, 377.

proceedings under 17 & 18 Vict., 377.

proof in bankruptcy of a lost bill, 445.

on whom the loss of a bill or note sent by post will fall, 377.

whether an action will lie on the consideration of a lost or destroyed
bill, 373, 374.

pleading, 374.

presumpion as to Loft stamp

LUNATIC,

bill or note by, 61.
pleading, 62.

M.

MAKER,

of a promissory note, who he is, 5.

presentment to for payment, not in general necessary, 209.
where bill payable at a particular place, 213, 214.

MARKSMAN,

signature or indorsement by, 149, note (1).

evidence of mark, 434.

MARRIAGE.

contract in restraint of, void, 136.

contract of marriage brocage void, 136.

transfer of bill on, 174.

MARRIED WOMAN,

her contracts are void, 63.

except after a divorce à vinculo, 63.

sole trader by custom of London, 63.

estoppel on, 64.

not liable for fraud being parcel of a contract, 63.

if she have a separate estate and make a bill or note, liable in
equity, 64.

after her husband's death, a promise to pay valid at law, 64.

where her husband is transported, 64.

or alien abroad, 64.

or presumed to be dead, 64.

where a bill is given to a single woman and she marries, 64, 459.

bill or note given after marriage, 65.

reduction into possession of her chose in action, 66.

where a single woman, liable on a bill, marries, 66.

indorsement by a married woman, 63, 65.

note by husband to his wife, 66.

payment to, 67.

acknowledgment by to save the statute, 352, 353, note (b).

MEMORANDUM,

effect of, on bill or note, 97, 98.

duty of bankers to make, on bills, &c. when paid, 172, 229.

MERGER,

in an instrument of a higher nature, 234, 235.

MESSAGE,

sent, not presumed to be delivered, 129, note (g).
expenses of, 277.

MISCARRIAGE,

of the post-office, 276, 370, 377.

MISDEMEANOR,

compounding, when an illegal consideration, 137.
when legal, 137.

embezzlement of bills, &c., 40, 178.

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MONEY LENT,

bill or note evidence of, 435.

money deposited with a banker is, 435, note (z), 436.

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NEGLIGENCE,

of transferee formerly affected his title, 163, 371, note (c).
now does not, 164, 371, note (c).

unless it amounts to fraud, 164.

NEGOTIATION,

what amounts to, 110.

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NOTICE,

proof in bankruptcy of note payable after, 445.
of dissolution of partnership, 50, 52.

NOTICE OF DISHONOUR,

mode of giving it, 276 to 278.

what form of, requisite, 270 to 276.

instances when held insufficient, 272 to 273, in notes.
the like where sufficient, 273 to 274, in notes.

statement of party on whose behalf it is given, 275.
notice of protest need not accompany it, 276.

verbal message, 270, 274, note.

notice by post, 276.

how it should be directed, 276.

where it should be posted, 277.

evidence of posting, 277.

consequence of miscarriage, 276.

special messenger, 277.

when expense of special messenger may be charged, 278.

by what conveyance notice of dishonour should be sent abroad, 278.

at what place, 278.

when to be given, 279.

where the parties live in different places, 280.

in the same place, 281.

where a party, receiving notice, must transmit it, 281.

whether it may be given on the day of dishonour, 282.

notice through branch banks, 283.

in case bill is deposited with banker or agent, 282.

where Sundays or holidays intervene, 283.

on whom proof lies, 283.

what is evidence, 283, 300.

by whom notice may be given, 284.

cannot be given by a stranger to the bill, 284.

where the notice circulates back through several parties, 284.

notice of dishonour of a bill, payable at a particular place, need not

be given to acceptor, 288.

by an agent, 285.

to whom, 286.

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