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Where any agent or factor shall make a contract for the sale of goods
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&c. or shall deliver the same in pursuance thereof, and becomes in-
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solvent before the payment of the purchase money, the owner, Sec.
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to recover the same from the person purchasing — 1825, ch. 182,
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sec. 7, ...........
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The purchaser not to have the benefit of set-off, in an action brought
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for the recovery of the purchase money, unless the demand of set-off,
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shall have arisen with the agent acting as agent for the same princi-
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pal— 1825, ch. 182, sec, 7, .......
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In no case shall a claim of set-off, to a debt due by an agent, &c. be
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allowed against the principal, in favour of any person receiving
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goods, &c. in pursuance of a contract of sale, &c. or in pledge,
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unless such persons, &.c. shall have received such goods, Sec.
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without knowledge that the agent had no authority to sell or pledge
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the same — 1825, ch. 182, sec. 8, ......
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Act relating to the appointment of state agents repealed — 1827, ch. 188,
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sec. 3, . . . . . .
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Supplement to the act concerning, repealing part of the proviso of the
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first section, and also the ninth section of the original act, and revi-
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ving and confirming the remainder thereof — 1829, ch. 198, .
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AGREEMENT.
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See CHANCERY.
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ALIENATION.
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See CONVEVANCES.
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ALIENS.
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See FOREIGNERS.
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ALIMONY.
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The chancellor empowered to determine causes for alimony as fully as
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they could be determined by the laws of England in the ecclesias-
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tical courts— Feb. 1777, ch. 12, sec. 14,
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134
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See Chancery.
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AMENDMENT.
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On appearance by administrators, &,c. to suits that would before have
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abated, the court may suffer proceedings by either party to be cor-
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rected and altered, so as to bring the merits fairly to trial — 1785,
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ch. 80, sec. 1, .
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229
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The courts of law may allow amendments in all proceedings before
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verdict, so as to bring the merits of the question between the par-
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ties fairly to trial — 1785; ch, 80, sec. 4, .....
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233
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If an amendment is made after the jury is sworn, a juror shall be with-
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drawn — 1785, ch. 80, sec. 4,
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233
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Where an amendment is made, the adverse party shall have time allow-
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ed, in the discretion of the court, to prepare to support his case on
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the state of the proceeding so amended — 1785, ch. 80, sec. 4,
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233
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Such costs shall be allowed the party against whom the amendment is
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made as the court shall think just — 1785, ch. 80, sec. 4, p. 233 ;
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1809, ch, 153, sec. 1, ........
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