The Civil Code of Lower Canada: Together with a Synopsis of Changes in the Law, References to the Reports of the Commissioners, the Authorities as Reported by the Commissioners, a Concordance with the Code Napoleon and [Code] de Commerce, Special References for Notaries, Clergymen, Physicians, Merchants, Real Estate Owners, and Persons of Lower Canada, and a Complete Index |
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Page 192 - When no provision is found in this Code for the proof of facts concerning commercial matters, recourse must be had to the rules of evidence laid down by the laws of England.
Page 298 - ... or transferred to him in the shape of dividends, profits or otherwise, at any time during the continuance of the partnership ; but any partner may annually receive lawful interest on the sum so contributed by him, if the payment of such interest...
Page 94 - Art. 603. Where several persons, respectively called to the succession of each other, perish by one and the same accident, so that it is impossible to ascertain which of them died first, the presumption of survivorship is determined by circumstances, and in their absence, by the considerations of age and sex, conformably to the rules contained in the following Articles.
Page 412 - If in any article of this code founded on the laws existing at the time of its promulgation, there be a difference between the English and French texts, that version shall prevail which is most consistent with the provisions of the existing laws on which the article is founded...
Page 134 - England (whether they affect movable or immovable property), must be in writing and signed at the end with the signature or mark of the testator, made by himself or by another person for him in his presence and under his express direction (which signature is then or subsequently acknowledged by the testator as having been subscribed by him to his will then produced, in presence of at least two competent witnesses together, who attest and sign the will immediately in presence of the testator and at...
Page 387 - Nothing in this Part of this Act shall be construed to lessen or take away any liability to which any master or seaman, being also owner or part owner of the ship to which he belongs, is subject in his capacity of master or seaman...
Page 298 - A special partner may, from time to time, examine into the state and progress of the partnership concerns, and may advise as to their management...
Page xxxiii - ... in that division of the Province, exist only in a language which is not the mother tongue of the inhabitants thereof of British origin, while other portions are not to be found in the mother tongue of those of French origin ; And whereas the Laws and Customs in force in France, at the period above mentioned, have there been altered and reduced to one general Code, so that the old laws still in force in Lower Canada are no longer re-printed or commented upon in France, and it is becoming more...
Page 278 - India warrants ; warehouse keepers certificates ; warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other documents used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented...
Page 21 - The other impediments recognized according to the different religious persuasions, as resulting from relationship or affinity or from other causes, remain subject to the rules hitherto followed in the different churches and religious communities. The right, likewise, of granting dispensations from such impediments appertains, as heretofore, to those who have hitherto enjoyed it.