Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, Volume 67

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Page 632 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 96 - acts of bankruptcy by a person shall consist of his having (1) conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, any part of his property with intent to hinder...
Page 97 - ... judgment or transfer will be to enable any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any others of such Creditors of the same class.
Page 96 - ... a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts.
Page 99 - Liens given or accepted in good faith and not in contemplation of or in fraud upon this Act, and for a present consideration...
Page 276 - ... it is ordered, that the defendant [do stand absolutely debarred and foreclosed of and from all equity of redemption of, in and to the said mortgaged premises...
Page 98 - A lien created by or obtained in or pursuant to any suit or proceeding at law or in equity, including an attachment upon mesne process or a judgment by confession, which was begun against a person within four months before the filing of a petition in bankruptcy...
Page 63 - ... that object In short, complainant Is to be considered in equity as the official trustee and agent of the depositing creditors of the bank to recover the moneys which the bank, as a trustee for Its creditors, loaned to Its debtors. The bank as an entity, then, may be left out of view here.
Page 653 - To have and to hold all and singular the above-mentioned and described premises, together with the appurtenances, unto the said party of the second part, and his heirs and assigns, forever.
Page 665 - A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life...

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