Lord Tenterden
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Chief Justice Tenterden
in the texts
Institutes of Roman Law
English jurist for whom the 1828 statute on representations of credit is named.
As such a representation was in effect a guaranty, and to allow an action on a verbal misrepresentation would avoid the Statute of Frauds, which requires a guaranty to be reduced to writing, Lord Tenterden’s Act, 9 George IV, chapter 14, enacted that no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any representation or assurance concerning the character, credit, or ability of any othe …
The Law of Intellectual Property
Chief Justice who ruled the patent void in Felton vs. Greaves (1829).
and Lord Tenterden, Chief Justice, therefore held the patent to be void, and nonsuited the plaintiff.
The Law of Torts
English judge after whom the statutory provision restricting actions on unwritten guaranties is named.
By Lord Tenterden’s Act, as it is commonly called, the following provision was made: