Parliamentary Papers, Volume 5H.M. Stationery Office, 1923 - Bills, Legislative |
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... answer to the questions is the legal position about the laws affecting betting ? -Yes . 3. Up to a comparatively recent time a bet was an enforceable contract ? Yes . 4. It was enforceable in the Law Courts ? Yes . 5. And , until the ...
... answer to the questions is the legal position about the laws affecting betting ? -Yes . 3. Up to a comparatively recent time a bet was an enforceable contract ? Yes . 4. It was enforceable in the Law Courts ? Yes . 5. And , until the ...
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... answer if I can . 102. Well , can you answer it without touching upon policy ? From the purely legal point of view would there be any unavoidable effect regarding the legality of betting of a tax upon betting ? Chairman . 103. That is ...
... answer if I can . 102. Well , can you answer it without touching upon policy ? From the purely legal point of view would there be any unavoidable effect regarding the legality of betting of a tax upon betting ? Chairman . 103. That is ...
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... answered that question . Chairman ] : I think you may take it that it could not be , in my opinion . Mr. Foot ] : I do ... answer that question to this extent by saying that the policy of the law appears to have been to restrict certain ...
... answered that question . Chairman ] : I think you may take it that it could not be , in my opinion . Mr. Foot ] : I do ... answer that question to this extent by saying that the policy of the law appears to have been to restrict certain ...
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... answer- ing a question like that is that every particular transaction depends so entirely on its own facts . I canot say aye or no to your question without committing myself to something which really might go further than the law goes ...
... answer- ing a question like that is that every particular transaction depends so entirely on its own facts . I canot say aye or no to your question without committing myself to something which really might go further than the law goes ...
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... answer . [ Continued . Mr. Lyle - Samuel . 162. Nor would the servant of the club who was so acting be liable ? -That is so , so far as my opinion goes . Mr. William Graham . 163. Arising out of what Mr. Foot asked you regarding the law ...
... answer . [ Continued . Mr. Lyle - Samuel . 162. Nor would the servant of the club who was so acting be liable ? -That is so , so far as my opinion goes . Mr. William Graham . 163. Arising out of what Mr. Foot asked you regarding the law ...
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