Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the year 1841 / University of London.

  • University of London.
Date:
1841
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Credit: Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the year 1841 / University of London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    KENT. I. —1. Explain the rights of the husband in the fee simple of the wife; 2. in her freehold life estate ; 3. in her chattels real; 4. in her personal property in possession ; 5. in her choses in action. II. —1. Distinguish between the void acts and the void- able acts of an infant. 2. Particularize the rules of law as to the confirmation of an infant’s voidable acts. 3. Specify the liabilities and immunities of infants in actions and suits. III. —1. Explain the rules which determine the master’s liability for the contracts, and 2. for the torts of his servant. IV. Trace historically the progress of the power of alien- ation of property. V. Give a summary of the rules determining the owner- ship of fixtures. VI. —1. Explain the order of priority in the payment of a deceased person’s debts, and 2. the rules of distribution of personal property in case of intestacy. VII. —1. Define (a) contract; (b) consideration. 2. Ex- plain the principal legal distinctions between consideration executed and consideration executory. 3. Distinguish, with respect to consideration, (a) bills of exchange and promissory notes; (b) other parol contracts; (c) specialties. VIII. —1. In cases of goods sold, how far and in what cases is there any implied warranty ? 2. Distinguish the cir- cumstances wherein a contract may be rescinded from those wherein the only remedy is an action for damages. IX. —1. Explain the different kinds of lien upon personal property, and 2. the different ways in which lien may be created. X. —1. Explain stoppage in transitu. 2. Give examples of such delivery as is sufficient to determine the vendor’s right of stoppage. 3. Explain the different practical effects that would result from considering the stoppage as creating a lien or as a rescission of the contract. XI. — 1. What is the ordinary division of bailments? 2. Under what three classes may bailments be arranged?