FOR

All the States and Territories

OF THE UNION

AND THE

DOMINION OF CANADA.

WITH

FORMS AND DIRECTIONS FOR ALL TRANSACTIONS,

AND

ABSTRACTS OF THE LAWS OF ALL THE STATES AND
TERRITORIES ON VARIOUS TOPICS.

BY

THEOPHILUS PARSONS, LL.D.,

LATE PROFESSOR OF LAW IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, AND AUTHOR OF TREATISES ON THIR
LAW OF CONTRACTS, ON MERCANTILE LAW, ON THE LAW OF PARTNERSHIP, ON THE LAWS

OF PROMISSORY NOTES AND BILLS OF EXCHANGE, ON THE LAW OF INSURANCE,
AND ON THE LAW OF SHIPPING AND ADMIRALTY.

NEW REVISED EDITION.

HARTFORD:

THE S. S. SCRANTON CO.

Copyright, 1878, by
THEOPHILUS PARSONS

Copyright, 1893, by

S. S. SCRANTON & CO.

Copyright, 1900, by
THE S. S. SCRANTON CO.

JUN 7 1941

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE PURPOSE AND USE OF THIS BOOK.

To fully and clearly explain the Laws of Business,

CHAPTER III.

INFANTS OR MINORS.

Form 1.-Promise in Writing,

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CHAPTER IV.

APPRENTICES.

Forms.

Form 2.-A General Indenture of Apprenticeship as sometimes used

Abstract of the Law of Husband and Wife in the Several States,

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Forms.

Form 4.—Indenture to put in Trust the Property of an Unmarried

5.-Another Form of Indenture in Trust, for Property of Un-

married Women,

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V. What Evidence may be received in Reference to a

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Form 6.-General Agreement, sufficient for many Purposes,

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7.-General Agreement, as used in the Western States,

8.-General Contract for Mechanic's Work,

9.-Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Land, in Use in the

Middle States,

-Agreement for Sale of Land, in Use in the Western States,

11.-Agreement for Warranty Deed, used in the Western States,

12. Contract to convey Real Estate, in use in the Middle States,

13.-Agreement for the Purchase of an Estate, in use in New

England,

14-Agreement for the Sale of an Estate by Private Contract,

15.-Agreement to be signed by an Auctioneer, after a Sale by

16.-Agreement to be signed by the Purchaser, after a Sale by

Auction,

17. Agreement to make an Assignment of a Lease,

18.-Agreement for making a Quantity of Manufactured Articles,

19.-Agreement between a Trader and a Bookkeeper, .

20.-Agreement for Damages in laying out or altering Road,

21.-Agreement between a Person who is retiring from the

Active Part of a Business, and Another who is to con-

duct the same for their Mutual Benefit, .

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26.- Bond for Payment of Money, with a Condition to that

Effect, with Power of Attorney to confess Judgment

annexed,

27.-Bond for Conveyance of a Parcel of Land,

28.-Bond for a Deed of Land, with Acknowledgment before

Notary Public, .

29.-Bond in Another Form, for Conveyance of Land, with

Acknowledgment,

30.-Bond to Corporation for Payment of Money due for Con-

tribution to Capital Stock, with Power of Attorney to

confess Judgment,

CHAPTER IX.

ASSIGNMENTS.

Instruments to which the term is particularly given,

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