 | Edward Wilberforce - 1881 - 494 lapas
...thing which is prohibited, or made declared68 unlawful by statute, is a void contract, though the vold- statute does not mention that it shall be so, but...offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition though there are no prohibitory words in the statute" (A). Therefore where the 10 Geo. II. c. 31, enacted... | |
 | 1908 - 1082 lapas
...which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...offender because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohi!)itory words in the statute." In Langton v. Huyhes, 1 M. & S. 596, Lord Ellenborough,... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1882 - 706 lapas
...is prohibited, and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the defaulter; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibiting words in the statute.... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1884 - 1000 lapas
...about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on flu' offender; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory x>rds in the... | |
 | 1885 - 906 lapas
...is malum in se or malnin prohibifttm. Bank of United Slates v. Owens, 2 Pet., 539. g 472. It seems that every contract made for or about a matter or...be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender. The fixing of a penalty imports a prohibition and makes the prohibited act illegal. Clark v. Protection... | |
 | Sir William Nevill Montgomerie Geary - 1885 - 252 lapas
...about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so,...offender; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute.' The same principle was more briefly expressed... | |
 | 1885 - 902 lapas
...thing which is prohibited, and made unlawful by statute, is a void contract, although the statute docs not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition : Clnrk v. Protection Ins. Co., 1 Story 122. See also Uartlett v. Vinor, Corlton R. 252 : LleBegnis... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1274 lapas
...which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...offender; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibiting words in a statute.' So, also, it is a settled principle of law, that... | |
 | 1907 - 1164 lapas
...which Is prohibited and made unlawful by statute, Is a void contract though the statute Itself doth not mention that It shall be so, but only Inflicts...offender, because a penalty Implies a prohibition though there are no prohibitory words In the statute.' Mitchell v. Smith, 1 Bin. 110, 2 Am. Dec. 417.... | |
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That every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty... 
